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| "Hintsa the Great" King Hintsa kaKhawuta (1789-1835) Great Monarch of the Xhosa |
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| "The Great Elephant" King Dingane ka Semangakhona (1975-1840) King of Zulu Nation (1828-1840) |
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| "Prisoner of War' Chief Kgalushi Malaboho Iconic Chief of the Bahananwa and Beseiged prisoner of the boers (estimate 1860's - 1939) |
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| "Man of Cloth" Dr Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp (1747-1811) First Missionary among the Xhosa and Khoi Khoi Founder of the first Dutch Missionary Society |
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| "Rebel Kaptein" Chief David Stuurman (1773-1830) |
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| "King of Kings" King Sekhukhune (1814-1882) King of the Bapedi and freedom fighter |
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| "The Indomitable One" Queen Labotsibeni Mduli (1838-1923) Queen regent of Swaziland and joint head of state |
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| "Right Hand Man" Hadji Ojer Ally (1853-1922) First President of the Hadima Islamic Society Pioneer of the 'Congress' Movement |
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| "First Secretary General" Sol Plaatjie (1876-1932) Founding Member and first Secretary General of the S.A. Native National Congress, 1912-1917 |
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| "Founding Father" John Langalibale Dube (1871-1946) First President of the South African Native National Congress, 1912-1917 |
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| "First Speaker of Congress" Thomas Mtobi Mapikela (1869-1945) Founder member and first Speaker of the S.A. National Congress (SANNC) |
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| "Lion of the North" King Makhado Ramabulana King of the VhaVenda (around 1840-1895) |
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| "Mother of African Freedom" Charlotte Maxeke (1874-1939) President of the Bantu Women's League First African female graduate from South Africa. |
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| "Sobantu" John William Colenso (1814-1883) First Anglican Bishop of Natal Constitutional Theologian and Human Rights Campaigner |
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| "The Shephard One Cetshwayo kaMpande (1826-1884) The last king of the Independent Zulu Nation (1872-1879) |
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| "Free Thinker" Olive Schreiner (1855-1920) Writer of one of the first Feminist Treaties of the 20th Century. |
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| "Rebel With a Cause" King Nyobela of the Ndebele Regent King of the Ndzundza Ndebele Died 1902 |
