Freedom of Cities

The Scroll was accepted on behalf of Mandela by Vice-President of Nigeria, Dr Ekwueme (Alex). Presented by Lord Provost Mr Michael Kelly. The scroll, known as the Burgess Ticket, was to be kept in Government House, Lagos and "when M gains M's freedom in I hope, the not too distant future, he will be able to come to Lagos to receive it"

Freedom of the London Borough of Greenwich in appreciation of his service to Greenwich and his contribution to world peace

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0464
Item
20 July 1983, reconfirmed in 2012

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Agreed by special resolution in 1983, sealed in 1993 and re-affirmed in 2012

Freedom of the City of Wijnegem

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0476
Item
1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Wijnegen in Belgium

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0480
Item
1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Liverpool

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0489
Item
1 July 1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Glasgow

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0514
Item
19 September 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0515
Item
October 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0537
Item
1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The borough was abolished in 1996, when its area became part of Caerphilly County Borough

Honorary Freeman of the City of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in recognition of his services to the cause of freedom

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0547
Item
2 April 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Sydney

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0571
Item
8 January 1987

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Nelson Mandela was the first person to receive this award

Freedom of the City of Dublin

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0602
Item
18 July 1988

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

This award acknowledges the contribution of certain people to the life of the city. It also bestows honour to important visitors to Dublin.

Freedom of the Town of Tongaat

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0625
Item
1989

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Initially granted in 1989. The silver award was presented by Tongaat Civic Association on their 25 anniversary on 21 October 1994

Key of the City of Enugu State, Nigeria

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0646
Item
1990

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Lusaka, Zambia

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0671
Item
1 March 1990

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Nelson Mandela was made Freeman of Listowel in County Kerry

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0740
Item
1990-07-05

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the City of Melbourne

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0757
Item
19 October 1990

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the Town of Umzimkhulu

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0823
Item
1 May 1992

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of select Cities and Boroughs in the United Kindom with 9 signatories in support of his resistance to Apartheid

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0866
Item
1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Sheffield Metropolitan District

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0870
Item
13 February 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Presented the Liberty Bell, symbol of freedom by the Mayor, Edward G Rendell of Philadelphia

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0883
Item
3 July 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Mandela received the Key to the City of Chicago during his visit on 14 July 1993 as well as a resolution from the City Council paying tribute to the contributions of Nelson Mandela to freedom and racial harmony

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0894
Item
14 July 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

ANC Beaufort West Branch presents President Mandela with the Honorary Freedom of Beaufort West on behalf of themselves and the Mass Democratic Movement

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0902
Item
11 September 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of Kingston Upon Hull (usually referred to as Hull)

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0907
Item
6 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0909
Item
9 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the city of Paarl

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1071
Item
25 July 1995

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Uitenhage

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1080
Item
14 September 1995

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Grahamstown conferred by the Transitional Local Council

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1166
Item
16 May 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of London

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1183
Item
10 July 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Heidelberg

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1220
Item
29 November 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Howick from the Howick Transitional Council

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1228
Item
12 December 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg from the Msunduzi Transitional Council

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1259
Item
25 April 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1260
Item
16 May 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Boksburg

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1268
Item
26 June 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Oxford

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1271
Item
11 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1280
Item
27 October 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Cape Town

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1282
Item
27 November 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1295
Item
16 June 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1299
Item
22 July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Ushuaia

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1301
Item
23 July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Durban

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1346
Item
16 April 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Lekoa-Vaal Metropolitan Council, South Africa

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1347
Item
1 May 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

The Lekoa-Vaal Metropolitan Council bestowed the Freedom of the Vaal in 1999 to the honourable statesman; as an expression of gratitude for recognising our martyred heroes and heroines’ that impacted on the overall struggle for Democracy in South Africa.

Freedom of the City of Lydenburg

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1371
Item
3 November 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Baton Rouge in the USA

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1429
Item
11 May 2000

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the City of Leeds as part of the celebrations marking the seventh anniversary of the end of apartheid

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1495
Item
30 April 2001

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Mandela also rededicated the city's Mandela Garden, which first opened in 1983 in support of South Africa's struggle for equality

Honorary Freedom of the City of Johannesburg conferred to Mr Mandela at a ceremony in Orlando, Soweto

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1672
Item
23 July 2004

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Salford

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1728
Item
30 November 2005

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Bristol City Council

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1743
Item
2006

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Tshwane

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1794
Item
2008

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Palestine Freedom of the City Key from Nablus honouring Mr Mandela for devoting himself to and defending oppressed peoples

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1828
Item
2009

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Metropolitan of Nelson Mandela Bay

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-1863
Item
2010

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Brent Council awarded Nelson Mandela the Freedom of the Borough in recognition of his lifelong connection with the borough

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-2006
Item
24 June 2013

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Mandela addressed the Willesden Trades Council in 1962. The honour was supposed to have been conferred in April 1990 when Mandela visited Brent but it failed to get the necessary support. Hence this was only done in 2013.
See https://wembleymatters.blogspot.com/2019/01/i-am-pleased-to-kick-off-new-year-with.html

Place

Taxonomy

Code

Scope note(s)

Source note(s)

Display note(s)

Hierarchical terms