"We host this exhibition to commemorate not only the Battle of Solferino, a battle that marked the birth of the Red Cross, but to pay special tribute to the work of the Red Cross in South Africa and to the recipients of that work. The ICRC has been active in South Africa since 1963 when our first prison visit was carried out to the late Robert Sobukwe. Up to 1991 the ICRC visited hundreds of political prisoners across South Africa, including Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Barbara Hogan, always doing what we could to try and make life better and easier," said ICRC head of delegation Catherine Gendre.

The exhibition will be on display from 24 June to 3 July and includes artwork by Anna Mueller and photos of the Red Cross in action, with exclusive photos of the ICRC's work during Apartheid. Guest speakers at the opening event include Nicolas de Rougemont, a former ICRC delegate who visited Robben Island, the Women's Jail and other prisons in South Africa between 1974 and 1991. Entertainment will be provided by well-known pennywhistlers Kwela Tebza.