46664 Concert
Venue: Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Contact: SABC
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| Summary: SABC Television Outside Broadcasts recorded the inaugural 46664 Aids Concert at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on World Aids Day, the 1st December 2007. |
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| Event Details: The concert was the fifth 46664 event staged at points across the world since the founding in 2002 of the HIV AIDS charity which carries our former President, Tata Nelson Mandela’s prison number on Robben Island, Cape Town, where he was held in captivity. He was the 466th prisoner to be incarcerated on the island in 1964. In 2002 Mr Mandela gave his prison number 46664 to Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, who along with fellow artists Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, was instrumental in persuading over 30 of the world’s great artists to join Nelson Mandela at an all-star concert in Cape Town in November 2003 in aid of 46664. Through radio and television coverage, the concert delivered the 46664 message to more than 2 billion people in 166 countries, the most widely distributed media event in history. Similar events have since been staged at Fancourt in George, South Africa (covered by Air Time), Madrid, Spain, and Tromsø, Norway. Air Time TV Outside Broadcasts, a subsidiary of the SABC, was involved with recording the inaugural 46664 Aids Concert at the Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town during November 2003, at Fancourt in George during March 2005 followed by the event at Ellis Park in Johannesburg during July 2006. Under the guidance of Madiba, 46664 is a campaign vehicle of the Nelson Mandela charitable organizations. 46664’s aim is to raise awareness of the global HIV AIDS pandemic, as well as funds to support the ongoing 46664 campaign and the HIV AIDS projects it directly supports throughout sub-Saharan Africa. 46664’s project funds develop and support practical programmes for the prevention, testing, care and support for those infected and affected by HIV AIDS in Africa. The campaign is driven by well recognized figures in the music, sport and entertainment fields with strategic intention of capturing the attention of youth world-wide. |
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| Dual expanding side OB unit OB 3J |
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| The stage showing a camera with a 70:1 zoom lens |
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