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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

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20 July 1983, reconfirmed in 2012

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

Freedom of the City of Wijnegem

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1984

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Wijnegen in Belgium

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1984

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Liverpool

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1 July 1984

Parte de 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

Parte de 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

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Honorary Freeman of the District of Midlothian, Glasgow

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19 September 1985

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Rio de Janeiro

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October 1985

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Borough of Islwyn, Wales

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1986

Parte de 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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of Entry to the City of Sydney

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8 January 1987

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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Freedom of the City of Sydney

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8 January 1987

Parte de 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

Parte de 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

Parte de 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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Lusaka, Zambia

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1 March 1990

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Baton Rouge

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11 May 2000

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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Nelson Mandela was made Freeman of Listowel in County Kerry

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1990-07-05

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freeman of the City of Melbourne

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19 October 1990

Parte de 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

Parte de 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

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Honorary Freedom of the Town of Umzimkhulu

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1 May 1992

Parte de 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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Sheffield Metropolitan District

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13 February 1993

Parte de 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

Parte de 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

Parte de 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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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6 October 1993

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Burgess of the City of Dundee

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9 October 1993

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the city of Paarl

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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Uitenhage

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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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16 May 1996

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of London

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10 July 1996

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Heidelberg

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29 November 1996

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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12 December 1996

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Honorary Freedom of the Town, South Africa

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

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12 December 1996

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Boksburg

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1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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Honorary Freedom from the City of Pietermaritzburg/Msunduzi

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25 April 1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg from the Msunduzi Transitional Council

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25 April 1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Bloemfontein

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16 May 1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Boksburg

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26 June 1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Oxford

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11 July 1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Edinburgh

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27 October 1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Cape Town

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27 November 1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Award conferring the Freedom of Cape Town, South Africa

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Freedom of the City of Cape Town

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27 November 1997

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City and County of Cardiff

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16 June 1998

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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22 July 1998

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Ushuaia

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23 July 1998

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Durban

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16 April 1999

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the Lekoa-Vaal Metropolitan Council, South Africa

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1 May 1999

Parte de 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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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Freedom of the City of Lydenburg

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3 November 1999

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Baton Rouge in the USA

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11 May 2000

Parte de 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

Parte de 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, South Africa

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23 July 2004

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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

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23 July 2004

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Honorary Freedom of the City of Salford

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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Bristol City Council

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2006

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Tshwane

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2008

Parte de 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

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

Freedom of the City of Nablus, Palestine

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18 July 2009

Parte de Nelson Mandela Tributes

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

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Freedom of the Metropolitan of Nelson Mandela Bay

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2010

Parte de 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

Parte de 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

Honorary Freedom or the City of London