We take a look at some of the highlights from the Global Citizen Festival

Who can forget the day we got the announcement of Beyonce’s arrival to South Africa? That was the day that heralded in a period of fierce social activism and hundreds of hot takes about whether Bey and Jay would show up at all (never forget, Solange). A few months and thousands of tweets later, South Africa was treated to a star studded week of celebrities and dialogues all leading up to the big shindig on Sunday the 2nd of December.

Sure enough; Beyonce, Jay and the twins showed up to Lanseria (lucky are those who chose to fly in the middle of nowhere). Along with the Carters, Jo’burg saw Oprah and Gayle, Tyler Perry, Naomi Campbell, Usher, Pharrell and many others. The festival was a jam packed affair filled with speeches that made people nervous that they wouldn’t see Mrs Carter (we see you Oprah), pledges of billions of rands and… Amandala.

There were great performances (shout out Sho Madjozi and Cassper) and heartwarming speeches but most importantly, the crowd had a great time. Words can’t describe the feeling of the day but a picture says a thousand words. Let us relive the Global Citizen Festival using visuals.