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Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018; former trade unionist and businessman

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Photo: ITU Pictures · CC BY 2.0
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Nelson Mandela

Anti-apartheid leader and first democratically elected president, 1918 to 2013

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Photo: South Africa The Good News · CC BY 2.0
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Desmond Tutu

Archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Peace laureate, 1931 to 2021

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Photo: Benny Gool · Public domain
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Julius Malema

Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters since 2013; former ANC Youth League president

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Photo: Gary van der Merwe · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Geordin Hill-Lewis

Executive Mayor of Cape Town since 2021 (Democratic Alliance)

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Alan Winde

Premier of the Western Cape since 2019 (Democratic Alliance)

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Philip Kgosana

Pan Africanist Congress activist who led the 1960 march on Cape Town, 1936 to 2017

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Image credits

Alan Winde: File:Alan Winde (cropped).jpg · Democratic Alliance staff photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0 ZA · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
Cyril Ramaphosa: File:Cyril Ramaphosa - President of South Africa - 2018 (cropped).jpg · ITU Pictures · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
Desmond Tutu: File:Archbishop-Tutu-medium.jpg · Benny Gool · Public domain · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
Geordin Hill-Lewis: File:Geordin Hill-Lewis.jpg · Democratic Alliance staff photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0 ZA · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
Julius Malema: File:Julius Malema 2011-09-14 (cropped).jpg · Gary van der Merwe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
Nelson Mandela: File:Nelson Mandela-2008 (edit).jpg · South Africa The Good News (South Africa The Good News / www.sagoodnews.co.za) · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons