The document discusses apartheid in South Africa and important figures who opposed it. Apartheid was a regime established in South Africa in the 20th century that was characterized by violence, cruelty, and mistreatment. It is an example of the crimes that can be committed by humanity. Steve Biko and Nelson Mandela were two pivotal leaders who fought to end apartheid and secure rights for black South Africans. Biko was born in 1946 and died in 1977 while imprisoned by the apartheid government. Mandela was born in 1918 and led efforts to dismantle the racist apartheid system and establish a democratic, non-racial government in South Africa.