•  Eleventh Annual NAACP Image Award (1978): Stevie Wonder Perpetual Award

•  Minneapolis Freedom of the City (1997)

•  Atlanta Freedom of the City (1997)

•  National Institute for Public Interest Law and Research Award (2000)

•  Eastern Cape Heroes Award (2001)

•  Presidential Awards (2002)

•  Black Management Forum Lifetime Achievers Award (2004)

•  Vodacom Lifetime Achiever Award (2006)

•  University of Venda – Doctor of Laws awarded on 20 September 1997

•  University of Fort Hare – Doctor of Social Sciences Honours Causa awarded on the 23 April 1998

•  University of Port Elizabeth – Doctor Educationis awarded on 20 April 2002

•  University of San Francisco – Doctor of Humane Letters awarded on 20 May 2003

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