Patrick Matanjana was born in 1943. Bra Pat, as he was affectionately known, was a member of the armed wing of the African National Congress, Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and in 1967 he was sentenced by the apartheid regime to 20 years imprisonment on Robben Island.
After 1994, Bra Pat was one of the first ex-prisoners to respond to the call to act as a tour guide at the new Robben Island museum. He died on 8 July 2008.