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Former president Nelson Mandela was honoured in absentia in Pretoria last night with Unisa's 2012 Robben Island Alumnus Award.
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory communications and outreach head Sello Hatang received the award on Mandela's behalf.
Mandela acquired his law degree through Unisa while in jail on Robben Island in July 1989.
Hatang quoted Madiba as saying that the award was not only for people who had studied under the apartheid regime, but also for those who were studying in prison today.