Concert for disaster relief

HELP starving people in Somalia and those closer to home in tornado-hit Duduza: a huge concert with 15 musicians is being held as a fund-raiser tomorrow.Read More
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Help starving people in Somalia and those closer to home in tornado-hit Duduza: a huge concert with 15 musicians is being held as a fund-raiser tomorrow.
A CONCERT to raise funds for drought-stricken Somalia and to rebuild homes that were affected by a tornado in Duduza on the East Rand will be held at the Johannesburg Stadium this weekend.

Jimmy DludluPerforming for a good course: Jimmy DludluRenowned African artists are teaming up with Gift of the Givers Foundation to stage the One African Nation concert on Saturday, 5 November.

Gift of the Givers, which has its headquarters in Pietermaritzburg, in KwaZulu-Natal, is the largest disaster relief organisation in Africa. It has delivered more than R450-million in aid to 32 countries around the world, including South Africa.

To help its humanitarian efforts, 15 African musicians will perform at the concert. Among them are the award-winning R&B singer, Bryce Anderson; the Zimbabwean singer, Oliver Mutukudzi; Nameless; L-Tido; Khuli Chana; and Jimmy Dludlu.

Helen Grouws from Neleh Productions, the organiser of the concert, said it was important that South Africans were continuously reminded of the dire circumstances facing fellow Africans in Somalia.

“The dignity and honour of our people has to be protected so whether it is a famine or war in Somalia, Africans need to respond without waiting for their brothers to ask; that is the ubuntu of the soul,” she said.

About 12 million people are facing starvation in Somalia and are in desperate need of help. The crisis has forced thousands of people to flee the country each week in search of food, water and shelter. Many of them walk for days in the sweltering sun towards refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia.

The country has been racked by constant war for more than 20 years; its last functioning national government was toppled in 1991.

Tickets to the One African Nation concert can be bought at Computicket at a cost of R120. For more information about the show, contact Helen Grouws on 082 718 8052.