Arbor Day South Africa 2024. In south africa, arbor day is celebrated for an entire week. National arbor week (iviki lezihlahla) serves to promote awareness for the need to plant and maintain indigenous trees throughout south africa, especially for the many disadvantaged communities who often live in barren areas.

The department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries (daff), as the custodian of forestry in south africa, is. National arbor week is an opportune time to call on all south africans to plant indigenous trees as a practical and symbolic gesture of sustainable environmental management.