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Mandela Champion Tree

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Erf 1682, Thokoza Park, cnr. Chris Hani and Ntuli Street, Moroka, Soweto.
July 2017

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Nelson Mandela Champion Tree ÒIt is time for us to restore to nature that which we had taken from itÓ. Nelson Mandela. This tree, a Celtis Afrcanus known colloquially as stinkwood, was planted in Thokoza Park by former President Nelson Rohihlahla ÔMadibaÕ Mandela on 4 September 2008, to commemorate his 90th birthday and to mark Arbor day in Soweto. In April 2017, the Nelson Mandela Champion Tree was provisionally declared as a Provincial Heritage resource of the Gauteng Province. Unveiled at Thokoza Park on 17 July 2017 By Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo and the Nelson Mandela Foundation

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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