Elders planted 100 trees in honour of their founder, Nelson Mandela, in a new exhibit representing 100 grass roots organisations that The Elders selected for their demonstration of moral leadership in the spirit of Mandela's legacy. The trees were planted in Delta Park, Johannesburg.
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
Cover and stamps issued by the South African Post Office on the occasion of the inauguration of Nelson Mandela when he became the first black and democratically elected president of South Africa. Signed by Mandela.
Nelson Mandela receives the Gandhi Peace Prize 2000 in New Delhi. President of India Mr Kocheril Raman Narayanan (then president of India) conferred the honour. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, (then) Vice-President Krishan Kant and (then High Commissioner of South Africa) Ms Maite Mashabane were also present.
Then Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Achmat Dangor receives the Dr Dilli Raman Regmi International Peace Award on behalf of Nelson Mandela. Razia Saleh was present as well.
On July 18th, 2018, in honour of what would have been Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday, the UIA awarded him the posthumous title of Honorary Member. The ceremony took place in the Portuguese Ministry of Justice and was hosted by the Portuguese Minister of Justice Francisca van Dunem and UIA President, Pedro Pais de Almeida.
Nelson Mandela statue unveiled at the JinTai Art Museum in Chaoyang Park, China to commemorate 100 years since Mandela’s birth and also 20 years of diplomatic relations between South Africa and China.
Bandleader Francisco Arcón dedicated a song "Answer" 2018 to Nelson Mandela on his 100 birthday. On the 18th of July 2020, the band published the music video on YouTube to this song, to celebrate Nelson Mandela Day 2020. The video is available on all streaming portals.
Plaque erected near the south entrance of the Oriental Plaza. This is where the defiance campaign was launched in 1952, it was the first mass anti-apartheid campaign led by Nelson Mandela as volunteer-in chief of the African National Congress.
"My cardboard Mandela statue" is a statue created by Darrell Wakelam for Mandela day in honour of Nelson Mandela. The project was meant to educate and motivate children in schools about the values of Nelson Mandela. Following the hashtag, #AStatueToBeProudOf on twitter, the schools nominated themselves to win the sculpture and the winner was Kelsall Primary School.
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on the 11th of June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, London, and broadcast to over 60 countries and an audience of 600 million.
The Mandela Institute for Development Studies (MINDS) is an Africa-wide think tank which provides a forum for dialogue, information dissemination and networking, underpinned by rigorous research on the different elements of African Heritage in order to shape policy and practice on governance, economic development and the evolution of African institutions.
The stone lies amonng those dedicated to William Shakespear, Winston Churchill and Diana the Princess of Wales among others. Mandela is the first South African to receive the honour.
