Mandela's SA Aids concert

A concert to in Johannesburg is to be held to mark World Aids Day on December 1st, former South African president Nelson Mandela has announced.

The event will be held in the Ellis Park Stadium in the city and it is expected that somewhere in the region of 50,000 people will attend, while over 30 local acts will be performing.

Using Mandela's former prison number on Robin Island, 46664, the concert is hoping to raise awareness of HIV and Aids in South Africa, which has an estimated five million people with the virus.

"I am very delighted that we are engaging the youth in schools, communities and through the media, breaking the silence and stigmas around HIV and Aids, and making them realise that the power to beat the pandemic, lies in their own hands," said Mandela, reports the Associated Press.

In 2005, Mandela's own son, Makgato, died of Aids.

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