/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WFD_2933.jpg "Scores of people welcomed the South African Global Sumud Flotilla activists at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6I1A1210.jpg "A supporter puts up flags on the bust of OR Tambo while waiting to welcome the Global Sumud Flotilla activists at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WFD_2912.jpg "Shahida Anthony and Mogamat Mashrie Athony welcoming the Global Sumud Flotilla activists at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6I1A1184.jpg "A supporter holds a poster while waiting to welcome the Global Sumud Flotilla activists at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6I1A1228.jpg "People waving flags to welcome the Global Sumud Flotilla activists at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6I1A1221.jpg "Family and friends welcome the Global Sumud Flotilla activists at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6I1A1327.jpg "Mandla and his wife Nosekeni Rabia Mandela embrace before the media briefing at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6I1A1351.jpg "Zukiswa Wanner, Reaaz Moolla, Zaheera Soomar, Nkosi Mandla Mandela, Fatima Hendricks and Carolyn Shelver at a media briefing at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/6I1A1462.jpg "Emotional Zukiswa Wanner and Reaaz Moolla during a media briefing at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WFD_3257.jpg "Dr Fatima Hendricks speaks at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WFD_3217.jpg "Carolyn Shelver speaks at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WFD_3312.jpg "Zukiswa Wanner at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/WFD_3360.jpg "Mandla Mandela is greeted upon arrival at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla). DM")
PHOTO ESSAY
Supporters welcome home South African activists after Global Sumud Flotilla interception
Six South African activists who joined the Global Sumud Flotilla were met by supporters at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park on 8 October 2025. Daily Maverick photographer Felix Dlangamandla was there to capture the scenes.
Dr Fatima Hendricks at OR Tambo International Airport on 8 October 2025. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)