Inmates of Robben Island

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

4th President of South Africa (2009–2018)

South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (1912-2003)

South African politician (1929-2017)

South African teacher, Pan-Africanist, and anti-apartheid activist (1924-1978)

South African politician (1910-2001)

South African politician

South African politician

Nongqawuse (; c. 1841 – 1898) was a Xhosa prophet. Her prophecies resulted in a millenarian belief that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing and famine of 1856–1857, in what is now Eastern Cape, South Africa.

South African activist and writer (1924–2009)

South African anti-apartheid activist, later politician (1925-2020)

Assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd (1918–1999)

South African politician

anti-apartheid activist and politician from South Africa (1920-2005)

South African politician

South African judge

South African anti-apartheid activist and politician (1937–2021)

Namibian politician (1924-2017)

Namibian politician

South African politician and anti-Apartheid fighter (1940–2021)

South African politician (1924-1994)

South African activist (1935-1981)

South African activist (1939–2020)

South African politician

South African activist

Langalibalele (isiHlubi: meaning 'The blazing sun', also known as Mthethwa, Mdingi (c 1814 – 1889), was king of the amaHlubi, a Bantu tribe in what is the modern-day province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Botswanan politician (1928–2024)