By ITP
Mandela’s friends awarded in London
Pose holding certificates of their award of the Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in London on January 27, 2016.

(L-R) South African politician Ahmed Kathrada and South Afrian social campaigner Denis Goldberg, both who were active in the anti-apartheid struggle and formerly imprisoned with Nelson Mandela at Robben Island, along with members of their legal defence team South African-born British lawyer Joel Joffe and Greek lawyer George Bizos, pose holding certificates of their award of the Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in London on January 27, 2016. The four along with a third former prisoner Andrew Mlangeni, who was unable to attend, received their awards in reognition of their fight for freedom and recial equality. (AFP/Getty Images)

South African politician Ahmed Kathrada (L) and South Afrian social campaigner Denis Goldberg (R), both who were active in the anti-apartheid struggle and formerly imprisoned with Nelson Mandela at Robben Island, pose holding certificates of their award of the Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in London on January 27, 2016. The four along with a third former prisoner Andrew Mlangeni, who was unable to attend, received their awards in reognition of their fight for freedom and recial equality. (AFP/Getty Images)

(L-R) South African politician Ahmed Kathrada and South Afrian social campaigner Denis Goldberg, both who were active in the anti-apartheid struggle and formerly imprisoned with Nelson Mandela at Robben Island, along with members of their legal defence team South African-born British lawyer Joel Joffe and Greek lawyer George Bizos, pose holding certificates of their award of the Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in London on January 27, 2016. The four along with a third former prisoner Andrew Mlangeni, who was unable to attend, received their awards in reognition of their fight for freedom and recial equality. (AFP/Getty Images)

Fai Mathews of Seattle holds portraits of Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. during a Martin Luther King Day rally and march in Seattle, Washington on January 18, 2016. (AFP/Getty Images)

ANC supporters pray in front of the courthouse of Johannesburg, 28 December 1956, to support 152 anti-apartheid militants, in which Nelson Mandela, during their trial. (AFP/Getty Images)

ANC supporters give the thumb up as a prison van with anti-apartheid militants go to Johannesburg’s courthouse, 28 December 1956. 152 anti-apartheid militants, in which Nelson Mandela, are on trial in Johannesburg. (AFP/Getty Images)

A file photo dated 1961 of South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela. (AFP/Getty Images)