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"Indigenous Tree Day" A Good Step, But We’ve Got a Long Way to Go
From the Ground at Nguni Nursery , Makhanda, Eastern Cape, South Africa At Nguni Nursery, every day is Indigenous Tree Day. We’ve been...

Siya Sokomani
Apr 152 min read


Nguni Nursery's Efforts in Overcoming Seed Scarcity for Reforestation
Climate change has had a major impact on the availability of indigenous tree and plant seeds on the continent, making it a hot topic for...

Siya Sokomani
Feb 5, 20232 min read


Running Tree Campaign 2022
How the Running Tree Campaign began in South Africa - and continues to this day! We are honored to have completed another Running Tree...

Siya Sokomani
Nov 1, 20222 min read


Nguni Nursery Joins AFR100 Initiative
A country-led effort to bring over 100 million hectares of land in Africa into restoration by 2030. AFR100, the African Forest Landscape...

Siya Sokomani
Feb 9, 20221 min read


150 000 Trees With One Tree Planted
We're planting a total of 150,000 trees on 125 hectares in Cape Town townships across the Western Cape to benefit local farmers by...

Siya Sokomani
Jul 3, 20211 min read


New Location, New Perspectives: Hearing from African Voices in the Restoration Movement
Siyabulela “Siya” Sokomani, a young entrepreneur from South Africa, runs a commercial nursery that grows thousands of native saplings...

Siya Sokomani
Jun 22, 20201 min read


Mail & Guardian Greening The Future Finalist
Growing up in Khayelitsha, Siyabulela Sokomani remembers a childhood without any trees around him. In Grade 10, he joined his school’s...

Siya Sokomani
Jun 22, 20201 min read


Running Tree Campaign 2021
Activist and treegrower Siyabulela Sokomani, who is running carrying a wild olive, said the group of friends is raising cash to plant...

Siya Sokomani
Jun 22, 20201 min read
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