Palace of Justice in the Space Age
The atlas holds 11 people and 23 moments here, from 1958 to 2019. The most recorded lives are Nelson Mandela, F. W. de Klerk and Steve Biko.
Notable people
Albert Luthuli
in 1958
1 moment here
Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…
Edgar Lungu
from 2015 to 2019
2 moments here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Fidel Castro
in 1994
1 moment here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
F. W. de Klerk
from 1989 to 1994
3 moments here
South African lawyer and National Party politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994…
Jerry Rawlings
in 1998
1 moment here
Jerry John Rawlings was a Ghanaian Air Force officer and politician who led Ghana in 1979 and from 1981 to 2001, first as military ruler and later as…
John Magufuli
in 2019
1 moment here
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was a Tanzanian chemist and politician who served as Tanzania’s fifth president from 5 November 2015 until his death in…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 2019
1 moment here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1988
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Nelson Mandela
from 1958 to 2013
9 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Steve Biko
in 1977
2 moments here
Bantu Stephen Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and a leading theorist and organizer of the Black Consciousness Movement.…
Winnie Mandela
in 1969
1 moment here
Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela-Mandela, known as Winnie Mandela, was a South African social worker, anti-apartheid activist, and African…
Moments
- 1958 Speech interrupted by attack in Pretoria Albert Luthuli
- 1958 Faces formal Treason Trial Nelson Mandela
- 1960 Detained at Pretoria Local Prison Nelson Mandela
- 1962 Imprisoned in Pretoria Nelson Mandela
- 1963 Returned to Pretoria Local Prison Nelson Mandela
- 1963 Appears in the Rivonia Trial Nelson Mandela
- 1969 Imprisonment at Pretoria Central Winnie Mandela
- 1977 Death in detention Steve Biko
- 1977 Transfer to prison hospital Steve Biko
- 1988 Testimony in the Delmas Treason Trial Nadine Gordimer
- 1989 Private meeting with anti-apartheid leaders F. W. de Klerk
- 1994 Mandela inauguration Fidel Castro
- 1994 Election agreement meeting F. W. de Klerk
- 1994 Inauguration of democratic government F. W. de Klerk
- 1994 Inaugurated as president Nelson Mandela
- 1998 State visit with Mandela Jerry Rawlings
- 1999 Attends Mbeki's inauguration Nelson Mandela
- 2009 Attends Zuma's inauguration Nelson Mandela
- 2013 Hospitalized in Pretoria Nelson Mandela
- 2015 State visit to South Africa Edgar Lungu
- 2019 Bilateral meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa Edgar Lungu
- 2019 Ramaphosa inauguration John Magufuli
- 2019 State visit to South Africa Muhammadu Buhari