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- 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)
- Eskom African Leaders Initiative Award (2002)
- South African State President’s Award for Meritorious Service (in Gold) (2002)
- Black Management Forum Lifetime Achievers Award (2004)
- The King Hintsha Bravery Award (2005)
- Vodacom Lifetime Achiever Award (2006)
- The Write Associates Lifetime Literary Achievement Posthumous Award (2011)
- PACON Posthumous Pan African Icon Award (2012)
- Mahatma Ghandi Satyagraha Award (2012)
- Number 43 Foundation Magogo Award (2022)
- University of Fort Hare – Doctor of Social Sciences Honours Causa awarded on the 23 April 1998
- University of Venda – Doctor of Laws awarded on 20 September 1999
- University of Port Elizabeth – Doctor Educationis awarded on 20 April 2002
- University of San Francisco – Doctor of Humane Letters awarded on 20 May 2003
- University of Western Cape – Doctor of Philosophy awarded on 21 March 2011
- Durban University of Technology – Doctor of Technology in Arts and Design awarded on 18 April 2011
- University of South Africa – Doctor of Literature and Philosophy (honoris causa) awarded on 9 November 2017
