Colleen Lombard (previously known as Colleen Rayson), an anti-apartheid activist, former political detainee, and treason trialist, was born in Wynberg, Cape Town, Western Cape, on 21 August 1950. 

Dr Mohammed Shukri Effendi was the first person of colour to graduate as a medical doctor from the University of Cape Town (UCT), completing his degree in 1942. His achievement predates the previously recognised first black UCT medical graduates - Maramoothoo Samy-Padiachy, Cassim Saib, and Ralph Lawrence - who graduated in 1945. Despite this pioneering accomplishment, Dr Effendi remained largely unknown in South African history until researcher Dr Halim Gençoğlu uncovered his story in 2016 through archival research.

The Mfecane - known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho - was a period of profound political, social, and demographic transformation in southern Africa during the early nineteenth century. The Nguni word mfecane translates roughly as "the crushing" or "scattering," while the Sesotho difaqane means "forced migration" or "the hammering." 

Patrick Chamusso will be remembered for his role in the bombing of Sasol’s Secunda power plant in the 1980s as a protest against the apartheid regime. But his work at the Two Sisters Orphanage since the 1990s, will ensure that he is also remembered for providing a brighter future for many under-privileged children. 

I am a grassroots person. I am here to help the poorest of the poor people.