South African actress Nomzamo Mbatha will soon gain the attention of the rest of the world when she takes the microphone as one of the hosts at this year’s Global Citizen Festival which takes in New York.
The festival which takes place on the 28th of September is an annual music festival organised by the Global Poverty Project and has been running since 2012. The purpose of the event is to raise funds in efforts to address and end extreme poverty.
The year 2013 saw the event coming to South Africa for the first time where it celebrated the work and legacy of the late former president, Nelson Mandela for what would have been his 100th birthday.
With this year’s event taking place in Central Park, festival goers and online viewers can look forward to seeing acts like Post Malone, Doja Cat, as well as Nomzamo Mbatha who alongside several other influential people, will also be presenting.
Nomzamo is no stranger to the South African screens. The actress recently made the entire country beam with pride, after she was recently presented the award in the category of Best African Actress at the 2024 Septimus Awards which was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
This she achieved for her portrayal of her role as Queen Nandi in Shaka iLembe.
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Aside from acting, she is also a businesswoman and human rights activist.
Global Citizen previously highlighted that in 2021, during the Covid19 pandemic, Nomzamo through her Nomzamo Mbatha Lighthouse Foundation, donated R1 million towards helping school children with educational supplies.
With another important focus of Global Citizen being the state of our planet, TshisaLive reports that the event organisers have made a decision to move towards sustainability by making use of the SmartGrid battery system.
“This year we’re taking bold steps to protect our planet, from empowering our stage with clean energy to advocating for indigenous-led projects that preserve the Amazon and calling for a global fossil fuel bon-proliferation treaty,” said co-founder of Global Citizen and policy chief, Michael Sheldrick.
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