Following the death of South Africa's anti-apartheid stalwart, Ahmed Kathrada, affectionately called “Kathy”, there are only two surviving members of the group who were sentenced to life in prison at the Rivonia trial in 1964 for fighting racial oppression in the country, CEOAFRICA reports.
Dennis Goldberg , 83, continues to speak out on South African politics. He said that "Kathy" was "much more than a friend. He was a comrade. We faced the prospect of the gallows together".
Andrew Mlangeni , 91, is also still alive. He served as a Member of Parliament in the country's first democratically elected parliament from 1994 to 1999.
Nelson Mandela died in 2013 at the age of 95. He became South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994.
Walter Sisulu died in 2003 at the age of 90. He was deputy president of the African National Congress from 1991 to 1994.
Govan Mbeki died in 2001 at the age of 91. He served in the upper house of South Africa's parliament from 1994 to 1999. His son Thabo succeeded Mr Mandela as president.
Raymond Mhlaba died in 2005 at the age of 85. He served as the national chairperson of the South African Communist Party; he also was the country's high commissioner in Rwanda and Uganda.
Elias Motsoaledi died in 1994 at the age of 69, the day before Mr Mandela was inaugurated as president.