Nelson Mandela Awards

Nelson Mandela Awards: 1960s - 1970s

2000

Awarded the Queen's Council by the House of Lords, United Kingdom, 3 May

Awarded SABS Gold Medal, Sandton, 10 June

BT Ethnic Multicultural Media Award, London, 29 June

Received World Methodist Peace Award, London, 29 June

International Freedom Award, Memphis, Tennessee, 22 November

2001

International Ghandi Peace Prize, Presidential Palace, New Delhi, 16 March

Made an Honorary Freeman of Leeds, 30 April

Made an Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2 May

Awarded the first King Shaka Award in recognition of bravery, 25 July 2001

Park Public School renamed Mandela Park Public School, Toronto, Canada, 17 November

Received honorary doctorate of law from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, 17 November

Granted Honorary Citizenship of Canada, 19 November

Awarded the LLD Honoris Cause from the University of the Free State

Awarded the D Tech Education Honoris Cause from the Technikon Free State

Human Rights Lifetime Achievement award by the SA Human Rights Commission, Johannesburg11 December

2002

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 6 April

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ghana, South Africa, 24 April

Awarded the Frankilin Delano Roosevelt Freedom Medal, Middleburg, The Netherlands, 8 June.

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award, by George W Bush, Washington, USA, 9 July

2003

Awarded for Outstanding Children's Literary Work from Robert Weil representing the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People — the oldest civil rights organisation in the United States, 7 May

2004

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Britain's Open University, Cape Town 4 February

Received the Congressional Medal of Achievement from the Philippine Congress, Manila 25 March

2005

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Amherst College.

Listed as one of the 100 most influential people of 2005 by Time magazine

2006

New Statesman - Listed as the number 2 in the 50 "Heroes of our time".

Awarded Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award

Made an honorary member of Manchester United as the club toured South Africa in the Summer of 2006.

2007

The Westminster Council agrees to erect a statue of Mandela opposite the Houses of Parliament in London

Awarded Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award

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