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Miriam Makeba
Singer and civil-rights campaigner, 1932 to 2008; the voice of 'Pata Pata'
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Politics & Public LifeNelson Mandela
Anti-apartheid leader and first democratically elected president, 1918 to 2013
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Sport & AthletesOscar Pistorius
Paralympic sprinter; convicted of the 2013 murder of Reeva Steenkamp, released on parole in January 2024
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Politics & Public LifeDesmond Tutu
Archbishop of Cape Town and Nobel Peace laureate, 1931 to 2021
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LiteratureNadine Gordimer
Novelist and anti-apartheid writer; Nobel Prize in Literature 1991, 1923 to 2014
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MusicJohnny Clegg
Musician and anthropologist who fused Zulu and Western music with Juluka and Savuka, 1953 to 2019
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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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- Desmond Tutu: File:Archbishop-Tutu-medium.jpg · Benny Gool · Public domain · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Clegg: File:Johnny Clegg (cropped).jpg · Gorup de Besanez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
- Miriam Makeba: File:Miriam Makeba (1969).jpg · Rob Mieremet / Anefo, Nationaal Archief · Public domain · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
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- 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
- Oscar Pistorius: File:Oscar Pistorius in Warsaw (cropped).jpg · Kaston (Wikimedia Commons user) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped to 3:4 and resized for display · via Wikimedia Commons
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