Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2627BD71
Site Name
Nelson Mandela Champion Tree, Thokoza Park, Soweto
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Monday, February 15, 2021 - 11:20
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, February 15, 2021 - 11:20.
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On
Site Recording Admin Comments
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela celebration of his legacy, of a vibrant Soweto alive with possibilities to mark National Arbor week. In April 2017, the Nelson Mandela champion tree was provisionally declared as a Provisional Heritage Resource of the Gauteng Province.
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Description
This tree, a celtis Africanus known colloquially as stinkwood, was planted in Thokoza Park by former President Nelson Rolihlahla 'Madiba' Mandela on 4 September 2008, to commemorate his 90th birthday and to mark Arbor week in Soweto.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Construction Materials
Bricks andCcement
Tiles
Pedestal Material
Metals
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
At the southern tip of the continent of African which reward is in the making an invaluable gift is in he preparation, for those who suffered in the name of all humanity when they sacrificed everything-for liberty, peace, human dignity and human fulfillment.
Unveiled Comment
Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo and Nelson Mandela foundation
Inscriptions
/Commemorating Nelson R. Mandela's 90th Birthday in Soweto. Champion tree/
//It is time for us to restore to nature that which we had taken from it (Nelson Mandela)/NB: See images for more inscriptions
//It is time for us to restore to nature that which we had taken from it (Nelson Mandela)/NB: See images for more inscriptions
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.263553, 27.879751
Gauteng
- City of Johannesburg
Directions to Site
Saron Section, Phokeng
Access details
Publicly Accessible
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