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Nelson Mandela Tributes

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The Nelson Mandela Tributes Database consists of tributes, and awards bestowed on Nelson Mandela. It includes tributes, awards and honours he received while in prison, after his release, while he was President of South Africa, during his retirement and posthumously.

Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)

Civic honours and related

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Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Civic honours and related

Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)

Freedom of Cities

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Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Civic Honours and related

Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)

Freedom of the City of Atlanta, Georgia

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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Golden key in a velvet box from the City of Libreville

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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Swellendam, South Africa

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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Wooden Coat of Arms and official guide book from the City of Barrow-in-Furness

ZA COM MR-T-1-1-0261
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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Golden Key of the City of Oakland presented by Mayor Lionel J Wilson

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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Omagh in Northern Ireland by the Omagh District Council

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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Gweru, Zimbabwe

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1981

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Glasgow

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4 August 1981

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

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"

Honorary Freeman of the London Borough of Greenwich

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20 July 1983 and 13 March 2012

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freemanship presented to Mr Mandela in appreciation of his service to Greenwich and his contribution to world peace, UK. A Resolution to Reaffirm the Honorary Freedom of Greenwich was passed on 13 March 2012

London Borough of Greenwich

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

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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
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1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Wijnegen in Belgium

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1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Liverpool

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1 July 1984

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

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29 November 1984, presented 9 Octobe

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award admitting and receiving Mr Mandela as a Free Burgess and Guild Brother of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen, UK

City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen

Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Glasgow

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

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro

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October 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales

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1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

Honorary Freemand of the City of Newcastle Upon Tyne

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2 April 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate admitting Mr Mandela to be an Honorary Freeman of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

City of Newcastle Upon Tyne

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
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2 April 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of Entry to the City of Sydney

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8 January 1987

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate conferring the Freedom of Entry to the City of Sydney, Australia

City of Sydney

Freedom of the City of Sydney

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8 January 1987

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Nelson Mandela was the first person to receive this award

Freedom of the City of Dublin

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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

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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

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1990

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Lusaka, Zambia

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1 March 1990

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Baton Rouge

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11 May 2000

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City by the Mayor-President and fellow members of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council

Metropolitan Council

Nelson Mandela was made Freeman of Listowel in County Kerry

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1990-07-05

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the City of Melbourne

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19 October 1990

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Citizen title of Zumbi dos Palmares from the Centre for the Study of Black Culture in Vitoria, Brazil

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August 1991

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the citizen title Zumbi Dos Palmares upon Mr Mandela from the Centre of the Study of Black Culture in Vitoria, Brazil. Citizen Zumbi dos Palmares (1655-1695) was the last of the leaders of the Quilombo (fugitive slave settlements) of Palmares in the present-day state of Alagoas

Centre of the Study of Black Culture

Honorary Freedom of the Town of Umzimkhulu

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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

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1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Sheffield Metropolitan District

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13 February 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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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

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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

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11 September 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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6 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee

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9 October 1993

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the city of Paarl

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25 July 1995

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Uitenhage

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14 September 1995

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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16 May 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of London

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10 July 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Heidelberg

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29 November 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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12 December 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Honorary Freedom of the Town, South Africa

Howick Transitional Council

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

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12 December 1996

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Boksburg

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1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Freedom of the City of Boksburg, South Africa

City of Boksburg

Honorary Freedom from the City of Pietermaritzburg/Msunduzi

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25 April 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Honourary Freedom of the Municipality of Pietermaritzburg/Msunduzi upon Mr Mandela from the Transitional Local Council, South Africa

Pietermaritzburg Msunduzi Transitional Local Council

Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg from the Msunduzi Transitional Council

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25 April 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein

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16 May 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Boksburg

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26 June 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Oxford

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11 July 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

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27 October 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Cape Town

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27 November 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Freedom of Cape Town, South Africa

City of Cape Town

Freedom of the City of Cape Town

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27 November 1997

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff

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16 June 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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22 July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Ushuaia

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23 July 1998

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Durban

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16 April 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Lekoa-Vaal Metropolitan Council, South Africa

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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, South Africa

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3 November 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Freedom of Lydenburg from the Lydenberg Transitional Local Council, South Africa

Lydenburg Transitional Local Council

Freedom of the City of Lydenburg

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3 November 1999

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Baton Rouge in the USA

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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

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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

Freedom of the City of Cesena, Italy.

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29 April 2002

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring The Freedom of the Town of Cesena, Italy

Commune di Cesena Town Council

Honorary Freedom of the City of Johannesburg, South Africa

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23 July 2004

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate conferring Honorary Freedom of the City of Johannesburg upon Mr Mandela, South Africa

City of Johannesburg

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

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23 July 2004

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the City of Salford

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30 November 2005

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the city of Salford, UK

City of Salford

Honorary Freedom of the City of Salford

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30 November 2005

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Bristol City Council

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2006

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Tshwane

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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

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2009

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Nablus, Palestine

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18 July 2009

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Plaque honoring Mr Mandela for devoting himself to and defending oppressed peoples, Nablus, Palestine

Nablus Municipality

Freedom of the Metropolitan of Nelson Mandela Bay

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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

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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.
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Honorary Citizenships

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Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Civic Honours and related

Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Saint Paul, USA

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undated

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Resolution granting Mr Mandela honorary citizenship in the city of Saint Paul, USA

Saint Paul City Council

Honorary Freedom or the City of London

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Unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Banquet programme that conferred the Honorary Freedom of the City of London to Mr Mandela, UK

Corporation of London

Freedom of the City of Tshwane

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undated

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring Mr Mandela the Freedom of the City of Tshwane, South Africa

City of Tshwane

Honorary Freedom of the City of Sheffield

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Unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the city, UK

City of Sheffield

Honorary Freedom of the City of Oakland

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undated

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom : the key to the city of Oakland, USA

City of Oakland

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Santa Teresa Gallura

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undated

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring honorary citizenship of Santa Teresa Gallura, Italy

Community of Santa Teresa Gallura

Honorary freedom of the City of Omagh, Northern Ireland

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Unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Shield of the City of Omagh

Omagh District Council

Honorary doctorate unknown

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Unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Part of the gown from an unknown doctorate.

Civitas Europae of the City of Brussels

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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Resolution by the City of Saint Paul to award Nelson Mandela with a Honorary Citizenship

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0317
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unknown

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Burgess and Guild Brother of the City of Glasgow

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0434
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18 December 1980

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Freedom of the City of Glasgow upon Mr Mandela , United Kingdom

City of Glasgow

Honorary Citizenship of Rome

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February 1982

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of Olympia, the original site of the Olympic Games

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17 March 1983

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship from the City of Turin

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17 September 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring honorary citizenship of the City of Turin, Italy

La Citta di Torino

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Turin

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17 September 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Scotland

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19 September 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the award of Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Scotland, upon Mr Mandela from the Midlothian District Council, UK

District Council of Midlothian

Honorary Citizenship of the state of Rio de Janeiro

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October 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Florence conferred by the Mayor of Florence

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28 October 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee

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1985-10-31

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Certificate naming Mr Mandela as an honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee, Scotland, UK

City of Dundee

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Villejuif

ZA COM MR-T-1-2-0523
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24 November 1985

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship from the City of Siano

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27 September 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring honorary citizenship in the City of Siano, Italy

Commune di Siano

Honorary Citizenship of the City of Siano

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27 September 1986

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Citizenship from the City of Livorno

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18 July 1987

Part of Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring honorary citizenship of the City of Livorno, Italy

City of Livorno

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