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
