Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27 prison years on Robben Island — the bleak island where the most important political prisoner of the 20th century broke rocks in a lime quarry and read and organised and never gave up.

Nelson Mandela's memorial service at FNB Stadium drew 90 heads of state and 100,000 people — the world gathered to honour the father of the rainbow nation in the same arena that hosted the 2010 World Cup final.