Hotstix to perform at Liliesleaf
Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, along with several other artists, will perform on Sunday, 20 April at Liliesleaf to mark and commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s seminal statement delivered from the dock during the Rivonia Trial.
Nelson Mandela’s statement and in particular his closing remarks in which he said, “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die,” goes to the very heart and essence of what the struggle embodied and characterised.
“Liliesleaf remains a monument to the fight against injustice – may the spirit of the Rivonia trialists be forever etched in the memory for future generations,” said Mabuse.
Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse
Anthems of Democracy lineup:
- Bright Blue
- Yvonne Chaka Chaka
- Jennifer Ferguson
- Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse
- Victor Masondo
- Mzwakhe Mbuli
- Thmba Mkhize
- Vicky Sampson
- Soweto Gospel Choir
For more information on the event, contact Nicholas Wolpe on +27(0)118037882 or Martin Myers on +27(0)834484475.
Tickets are available via Webtickets.
For more on Liliesleaf, go to www.liliesleaf.co.za.
