1987
- First person to receive the Freedom of the City of Sydney, Australia, 9 January.
- Honorary Degrees, Winnie and Nelson Mandela, United States Ross University Medical School in the Caribbean
- Named Patron of Isipingo and District Football Association, Natal
- Honorary Degree, University of Michigan, USA
- Honorary Degree. University of Havana, Cuba
- Honorary Citizen, City of Florence, Italy
- Honorary Doctorate, Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, Leipzig, 11 November
- Dutch football player Ruud Gullit dedicates his European Footballer of the Year award to Nelson Mandela
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