Eight years later he visited Glasgow to thank the people after being released from prison in 1990. Crowds cheered and greeted him in George Square just a stone’s throw from Nelson Mandela Place ...

Mandela received the Freedom of Glasgow and eight other UK towns and cities in 1993 A number of tributes to Nelson Mandela are taking place around Glasgow after the former South African president ...

In 1981, Glasgow granted Mandela the freedom ... And in 1986, St George's Place in the city centre was renamed Nelson Mandela Place. This meant that the South African consulate-general - based ...

and as renowned as Glasgow, refused to accept the legitimacy of the apartheid system, and declared us to be free.” We went on to re-name one of our principal city locations Nelson Mandela Place ...

Glasgow District Council made another meaningful gesture, with St George’s Place being renamed Nelson Mandela Place. The ceremony was carried out by Essop Pahad (right), a London-based member of ...

The bus gate at Nelson Mandela Place in Glasgow city centre has earned the council at least £800,000 in two months A controversial new restriction on cars in Glasgow has earned the city council ...

with planning permission in place for the new memorial at Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow. Imprisoned for 27 years for his resistance to apartheid, the South African leader was made a Freeman of the ...

Sir Billy Connolly has joined a campaign to raise money for a Nelson Mandela statue in Glasgow. The Big Yin is ... Planning permission is already in place for a statue at the city's Nelson Mandela ...