(3 December 2010 - to date)

NATIONAL FORESTS ACT 84 OF 1998

(Gazette No. 19408, Notice No. 1388 dated 30 October 1998)

NOTICE OF DECLARATION OF PARTICULAR TREES AND PARTICULAR GROUPS OF TREES ''CHAMPION TREES" UNDER SECTION 12(1) (A) AND (8) OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS ACT, 1998 (ACT NO. 84 OF 1998), AS AMENDED.

Published under Government Notice 890 in Government Gazette 33614. Commencement date: 15 October 2010.

As amended by:

Schedule of List of Champion Trees replaced by the schedule as set out in Government Notice 1132 in Government Gazette 33812 dated 3 December 2010.

By virtue of powers vested in me under Section 12 (1) (a) and (b) of the National Forests Act, 1998, I, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries hereby declare that all particular trees and particular group of trees set out in the schedule below as protected trees. These include the renewed declaration of existing Champion Trees (with the exception of trees that partially collapsed or died and which are hereby de-listed), as well as new Champion trees to be added.

The effect of this declaration is that in terms of Section 15 (1) of the National Forests Act, 1998, no person may cut, disturb, damage or destroy any protected tree or possess, collect, remove, transport, export, purchase, sell, donate or in any other manner acquired or dispose of any protected tree or any forest product derived from a protected tree, except under a licence granted by the Minister or in terms of an exemption from the provisions of this subsection published by the Minister in the Gazette on the advice of the Council.

Contravention of this declaration is regarded as a first category offence that may result in a person who is found guilty of being sentenced to a fine or imprisonment for a period up to three years, or both a fine and imprisonment.

Page 1 of 10 SCHEDULE A (Schedule A substituted by Government Notice 1132 in Gazette No. 33812 dated 3 December 2010)

Tree Species / Other common General description Location Tree Name names (Province, district, Farm/town, suburb, street) Property registration names or approximate

co-ordinates if available

NOMINATION

CHAMPIONTREE REGISTERNUMBER 1 Adansonia Kremetart (A) / Largest indigenous tree Zwigodini, Vendaland digitata (Baobab) Seboi of and Limpopo Province Sagole Tree, also (Sep) / Mowana habitat for a rare colony known as (Set) of mottled spinetail S 22° 29.99' E 30 37.99' Muvhuyu wa /Muvhuyu M swallows. Makhadzi 3 Ficus salicifolia Wonderboomvy (A) Largest Wonderboom Wonderboom Park, (Wonderboom fig) fig. Old (about 1000 Pretoria (Tshwane "The Pretoria years) and historic - Ox metropolitan area) Wonderboom wagon outspan area in Gauteng fig" earlier years, and legend that a local chief S 25° 41.61' E 28° 11.46" was buried under the tree. 4 Breonadia salicina Mingerhout (A) / Largest Matumi tree in Amorentia Estate, Politsi (Matumi) One of a Mohlomê (Sep) / South Africa Valley, Modjadjiskloof trio of trees dubbed Mutulume (Set) Limpopo Province the Three Queens of Amorentia S 23° 45.89' E 30° 2.92' 5 Adansonia digitata Kremetart (A)/ Very large baobab and Sunland farm, Platland, (Baobab) Seboi (Sep) / well-known tourist Modjadjiskloof, Platland Tree Mowana (Set attraction Limpopo Province

S 23° 37.26' E 30° 11.88' 8 Ficus sycomorus Gewone trosvy (A) Second largest cluster Excellence farm, Mica (Common cluster fig in South Africa Limpopo Province fig) 10 Podocarpus Outeniekwa Largest accessible Diepwalle State forest, falcatus (Outeniqua geelhout (A) / Outeniqua yellowwood Knysna yellowwood) Mogôbagôba (Sep) in South Africa King Edward VII / Umkhoba (X) / Tree Umsonti (Z)

Page 2 of 10 15 Breonadia salicina Mingerhout (A) / Second largest Matumi Amorentia Estate, Politsi (Matumi) One of a Mohlomê (Sep) / tree in South Africa Valley Modjadjiskloof trio of trees dubbed Mutulume (Set) Limpopo Province the Three Queens of Amorentia S 23° 46.09' E 30° 2.85' 27 Ficus Polita subsp. Hartblaarvy (A) Largest Wild rubber fig Eden Park, Umtentweni Polita (Wild rubber Umkhiwane (Z) in South Africa KwaZulu-Natal fig) Umtentweni S 30° 46.466’ Rubber Fig E 30° 27.172' 29 Eucalyptus saligna Salignabloekom (A) Stand of Eucalyptus Woodbush Plantation, (Sydney bluegum) trees planted in 1906 by Haenertsburg Limpopo The Twin Giants of forestry pioneer A.K. Province Magoebaskloof and Eastwood, including the S 23° 50.733' E 29° surrounding grove two tallest trees in SA 59.008' and Africa 31 Sideroxylon inerme Melkhout (A) / Largest milkwood in Langbos farm 8 km (milkwood) Ximfana (X) / South Africa, estimated northwest of Stilbaai Grandfather Tree of Umakhwelafingqane to be about 1000 years Western Cape Stilbaai (Z) old S 34° 22.30' E 21° 24' 32 Sideroxylon inerme Melkhout (A) / Historic tree believed to Dias Museum, Mossel (milkwood) Mossel Ximfana (X) / have been the tree in Bay Western Cape Bay Post Office Umakhwelafingqane which an old shoe was Tree (Z) placed for exchange of S 34° 10.81' E 22° 8.48' messages by Portuguese seafarers in the 16th century 33 Cinnamomum Kanferboom (A) Historic trees planted Vergelegen Estate, camphora more than 3 centuries (Camphor tree) The ago by Governor WA Western Cape Vergelegen van der Stel – very large Camphor Trees trees with large S 34° 4.61' E 18° 53.38' landscape impact 34 Eucalyptus saligna Bloekom en ander Arboretum of historic The & a large variety of spesies (A) significance with trees situated in the Tokai other tree species planted there since State forest, as (Sydney bluegum 1885. Laid out by proclaimed in 1985 under etc) Joseph Storr Lister at the War Graves and the beginning of the National Monuments Act forestry industry. A of 1969 (Act No 28 of major landmark and 1969) – now replaced by recreation area, and the National Heritage world famous among Resources Act of 1999

Page 3 of 10 botanists, horticulturists (Act No 25 of 1999) and sylviculturists.. S 34° 40.8' E 18º 24.52' 36 Platanus acerifolia Plataan (A) Tree avenue of KwaZulu-Natal Botanical (London plane) exceptionally old plane Gardens, Marriot’s Avenue trees – of historic value Pietermaritzburg – planted in 1908 by Mr KwaZulu-Natal WE Marriot (curator). S 29° 36..381' E 30° The trees are a central 20.836' landscape feature of the botanical gardens. 45 Eucalyptus Grysysterbas- Arboretum or sample Middelkop Plantation, paniculata, E bloekom (A) plot of large Eucalyptus Haenertsburg Limpopo maculata, & E Gevlektebloekom trees planted in the Province microcorys (Grey (A) Kersvetbloekom 1930s and protected to ironbark, Spotted (A) commemorate the S 23° 49.187' E 30º gum & Tallow Commonwealth 04.011' gum), Forestry Conference of Commonwealth 1935. plantation 46 Eucalyptus saligna Salignabloekom (A) Stand of tall trees Westfalia Estate, (Sydney bluegum) Eucalyptus trees Tzaneen Limpopo Westfalia planted in 1933 by the Province Showblock eminent Dr Hans S 23° 43..898' E 30° Merensky. 06.506' 49 Araucaria Norfolkeiland den Tallest Norfolk Island Theological Seminary, heterophylla (A) Pine planted in 1826 by Stellenbosch University, (Norfolk Island wife of the last landdrost Stellenbosch Pine) The of Stellenbosch. Western Cape Kweekskool Araucaria S 33° 56.32' E 18° 51.86 50 Eucalyptus Rooibloekom (A) Planted in 1880. Bergzicht market square, camaldulensis Prominent tree Stellenbosch Western (River red gum) providing shade for an Cape Bergzicht Market entire informal market. S 33° 55.95' E 18° 51.51' Tree 51 Quercus robur Engelse Eik (A) Planted in 1812. One of 6 Ryneveld Street, (English oak) only 5 oak trees Stellenbosch The Ryneveld remaining from the Western Cape Oak previous generation of planted oak trees. S33°56.29' E 18°51.79' 60 Quercus robur Engelse Eik (A) One of the biggest oaks Zandvliet Delta Farm,

Page 4 of 10 (English oak) in the district, located at Franschoek The Zandvliet a historic farmhouse of Western Cape Oak an old wine estate. S33° 51.78' E 18° 59.42' 61 Populus nigra ltaliaanse populier The tree stands at the C/o Lothbury & Fawley (Lombardy (A) site where Ruth Fischer, Street, Johannesburg, poplar) The Ruth daughter of Braam Gauteng Fischer Tree Fischer (a prominent founder member of the S 26° 10.94' E 28° 0.40' SA Communist Party) ran a safe house for fugitives from the Apartheid security forces. The tree served as landmark for those seeking this safe house. 82 Podocarpus Outeniekwa One of the most Storms River State falacatus geelhout accessible and famous forest, Storms River (Outeniqua (A) / Mogobagoba big trees in Tsitsikamma Eastern Cape yellowwood) (Sep) / Umkhoba forest. Visited by more Tsitsikamma Big (X) / Umsonti (Z) than 80 000 tourists Tree each year. 83 Podocarpus Outeniekwa One of the largest Bergplaas State forest, falcatus geelhout (A) / yellow woods in the Collin's Hoek (Outeniqua Mogôbagôba (Sep) Knysna forests, Western Cape yellowwood) / Umkhoba (X) / receiving substantial Woodville Big Umsonti (Z) numbers of visitors. S 33° 56.04 E 22° 38.72' Tree 84 Podocarpus Outeniekwa One of the largest trees Auckland Nature Reserve falcatus geelhout (A) / in Eastern Cape, known Keiskamma State forest (Outeniqua Mogôbagôba (Sep) as the Eastern Hogsback Eastern Cape yellowwood) / Umkhoba (X) / monarch, and located Eastern Monarch Umsonti (Z) next to the Tyume hiking trail. 85 Podocarpus Outeniekwa Landmark tree towering Goudveld State Forest, falcatus geelhout / above the forest, and Garden Route National (Outeniqua Mogobagoba (Sep) the site of a memorial to Park Western Cape yellowwood) The / Umkhoba (X) / writer Dalene Matthee. Dalene Matthee Big Umsonti (Z) S 33º 55..001' Eº 57.471’ Tree (previously known as Krisjan se Nek Big Tree)

Page 5 of 10 89 Quercus robur Engelse Eik (A) Very large oak tree George Tourism Bureau, (English oak) planted in 1811 - one of 124 York Street, George The Slave tree of the biggest in the Western Cape George southern hemisphere. The popular name S 33° 57.39' E 22° 54' comes from a popular belief that slaves were chained to the tree in the early part of the 17th century. 95 Quercus robur Engelse Eik (A) The first individual tree 8 Berthastreet, (English oak) proclaimed as protected Sophiatown Sophiatown Oak under the National Johannesburg Forests Act. Was Gauteng mutilated and died, but S 26° 10.79' E 27° 58.81' the site is still of historic significance. Tree was part of the history of Sophiatown and the struggle against the forced removal of the community in the 1950s. 96 Breonadia salicina Mingerhout (A) / Third Largest Matumi Amorentia Estate, (Matumi) One of a Mohlomê (Sep) / tree in South Africa Mooketsi Valley Limpopo trio of trees dubbed Mutu-lume (Set) (forms part of a trio of Province the Three Queens large Matumi trees) S 23° 46.098 of Amorentia E 30° 02.855' 99 Eucalyptus ficifolia Rooiblombloekom Very large and attractive Ida’s Valley Homestead, (Red flowering (A) tree, estimated to be Stellenbosch District gum) The Ida’s more than 2 centuries Western Cape Valley Princess old. A landmark on an old historic farm. 109 Quercus robur Engelse eik (A) The largest and perhaps Kirchmont Heights, 4 (English Oak) The the oldest Oak tree in Koelenhof Road, Johannesburg Oak Gauteng, and an Northcliff Extension 19 impressive landmark. Johannesburg Gauteng S 26º 10.78' E 27º 56.95' 117 Pyrus communis Gewone peer (A) Tree brought from the Company’s Garden, (Saffron pear) Netherlands as seedling Company’s Garden and planted in the Western Cape Pear Tree Company’s Gardens S 33.9243

Page 6 of 10 about 3 centuries ago, E 18.4208 and thus the oldest surviving fruit tree in the country 123 Ficus macrophylla Australiaanse Largest tree in in , (Moreton Bay fig) baniaan (A) Western Cape Claremont Cape Town The Arderne Fig according to size index, Western Cape Tree planted more than a century ago by John Arderne and his son. 124 Auraucaria Norfolkeiland den Exceptionally tall tree, Arderne Gardens, heterophylla A9Z0 even for its kind, planted Claremont Cape town (Norfolk Island more than a century ago Western Cape Pine) The Arderne by John Arderne and his Tower Tree son. 128 Eucalyptus Karriebloekom (A) Tallest stand of Karri Kruisfontein State Forest diversicolor (Karri gum in the country, Harkerville, Western gum) Brackenhill planted in 1922. Cape Gum Trees 131 Cassuarina Kasuarisboom (A) Lane of large cauarinas Municipal Recreation cunninghamia planted in the 1860s by grounds, Cradock (Beefwood) Charles Scanlen Eastern Cape Scanlen’s Lane S 32° 09.79' E 25° 36.86' 133 Quercus robur Engelse eik (A) Oak tree planted 3 Vergelegen Esate, (English Oak) Van centuries ago – largest Somerset West, Western der Stel’s Oak Tree and oldest oak tree in Cape the country. S 34° 04.560' E 18º 53.392 135 Eucalyptus saligna Salignabloekom (A) Very tall tree lane – Woodbush Plantation, (Sydney bluegum) planted around 1920 by Haenertsburg, Limpopo The ‘O’Connor tree forestry pioneer AJ Province lane O’Connor. Landmark S 29° 59.121' visible from various E 29º 59.354' viewpoints. Situated next to O’Connor’s memorial. 137 Quercus suber Kurkeik (A) One of the largest and Arderne Gardens, (Cork oak) The oldest trees in Arderne Claremont Cape Town Arderne Cork Oak Gardens, planted more Western Cape than a century ago by John Arderne and his

Page 7 of 10 son. 138 Quercis serris Turkse eik (A) One of the largest and Arderne Gardens, (Turkey oak) the odest trees in Arderne Claremont, Cape Town Arderne Turkey Gardens, planted more Western Cape Oak than a century ago by John Arderne and his son. 139 Pinus halepensis Aleppoden (A) One of the largest and Arderne Gardens, (Aleppo pine) The oldest trees in Arderne Claremont, Cape Town Arderne Pine Gardens, planted more Western Cape than a century ago by John Arderne and his son. 140 Agathis robusta Queenslandse kauri One of the largest and Arderne Gardens, (Queensland kauri) (A) oldest trees in Arderne Claremont, Cape Town The Arderne Kauri Gardens, planted more Western Cape than a century ago by Johan Arderne and his son. 142 Eucalyptus regnans Bergessebloekom The biggest trees Benvie Farm, New (Mountain ash) the (A) measured in KwaZulu- Hanover Kwazulu-Natal Benvie Mountain Natal midlands to date. S 29º 15.898' E 30º Ash Situated on the scenic 22.182’ Benvie arboretum established by Scottish emigrant John Geekie more than 80 years ago. 150 Pinus radiata Radiataden (A) Tallest pine tree in the Isidenge State forest (Monterey pine) Eastern Cape. Planted Eastern Cape The Isidenge in the late 180s by S 32° 40.049' E 27º Sentinel forest workers as part of 16.754' an early tree plantation. 152 Eucalyptus Lemoenbloekom (A) Very attractive group of Campus of Paul Roos citriodora (Lemon- big trees in scenic Gymnasium Welgelegen scented gum) The setting on the campus Stellenbosch Western Paul Roos grounds. Cape Gymnasium Lane S 33°56.25' E 18° 51.54' 153 Quercus robor Engelse eik (A) Large oak tree on Bonniemile’ Stellenbosch (English oak) The farmyard next to the Western Cape Bonniemile Oak original wagon route S 33° 02.31' E 18º 46.00' linking Stellenbosch

Page 8 of 10 with Cape Town. Local claim that Governor S van der Stel granted land to his coachmen, who planted the trees. 154 Eucalyptus Rooibloekom (A) The tree plays a very 60 Jonkers-hoek Avenue camaldulensis prominent role in the Stellenbosch Western (River red gum) landscape on the river Cape The Ruth Steer plateau of Stellenbosch S 33° 56.044' E 18° Tree Same size as the 53.00' Bergzicht tree and was thus probably also planted ca 1880. 168 Eucalyptus grandis Bloekom (A) Large Eucalypt planted Gavin Relly Green West (Rose gum) Wits more than 80 years ago campus WITS Campus Tree adjacent to the entrance Johannesburg Gauteng to Johannesburg on the old Rustenburg road which does not exist anymore 171 Lirodendron Tulpboom (A) Tree planted by Joseph Baynesfield Estate, tulipifera (Tulip Baynes in 1882 on the Richmond KwaZulu-Natal Tree) The historic Baynesfield S 29° 45.86' E 30° 20. Baynesfield Tulip Estate 521' Tree 175 Sequoia Kaliforniese Stand of tall Redwoods Grootvadersbosch sempervirens Rooihout (A) planted at Grootvaders- Nature Reserve Western (Californian bosch more than 80 Cape Redwood) The years ago S 33° 58,96' Groot-vadersbos E20° 49.93' Redwood Grove 185 Eucalyptus saligna Salignabloekom (A) Group of scenic trees Porter Estate, Orpen (Sydbey bluegum) standing next to a Road Western Cape Herbert Baker chapel designed by Sir Chapel Trees Herbert Baker S 34° 02.965' E 18° 25.389' 191 Acacia galpinii Apiesdoring (A) / Tallest thorn tree Veeplaas, Skuinsdrift, (Monkey thorn) The Mooka-leselo (Sep) measured in South Groot Marico Northwest Marico Tree Africa to date. Province S 25° 23.249' E 26° 22.425'

Page 9 of 10 196 Ficus burkei Gewone wildevy (A) Largest Common wild Eden Park, Umtentweni (Common wild fig) / Moumo (Sep) / fig in SA KwaZulu-Natal Umtentweni Giant Umthombe (X) / S 30° 42.465' E 30° Umthombe (Z) 27.207 199 Eucalyptus Rooibloekom (A) Large tree planted Infruitec, Helshoogte camaldulensis (Red about 130 years ago, pass, Stellenbosch river gum) The and now a landmark. Western Cape Infruitec Gum Tree S 33° 55.2334' E 18° 52.1247'

200 Eucalyptus Rooibloekom (A) Large tree planted Wilgenhof residence, camaldulensis (Red about 130 years ago, Victoria Street, river gum) and now a landmark. Universiteitsoord Wilgenhof Stellenbosch Western Grandfather Cape S 33° 56.0359' E 18° 51.4826' 203 Adansonia digitata Kremetart (A) / Newly discovered and Ga-Ratjeke Village (Baobab) The King Seboi (Sep) / one of the big 5 biggest Limpopo of GaRatjeke Mowana (Set) / indigenous trees in Muvhuyu (V) South Africa 208 Quercus robur Engelse eik (A) Large Oak tree, possibly Akkerdraai Lodge (English Oak) older than 175 years. Annandale road Akkerdraai Oak Prominent landmark. Stellenbosch Western Tree Cape S 33° 59 43.51’ E 18° 50 00.47’

A = / E = English / Sep = Sepedi / Set = Setswama / V = Tshivenda / X = IsiXhosa / Z = IsiZulu

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