South Africa has marked Heritage Day with a nationwide tree-planting campaign aimed at planting ten million trees. Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Bernice Swarts led the initiative, which took place across all nine provinces as part of President Cyril Ramaphosa's Presidential One Billion Trees Programme. The campaign is intended to promote environmental awareness and strengthen the country's resilience to climate change.  Swarts was joined by members of the diplomatic corps at Freedom Park in the capital, Pretoria. Channel Africa's Michael Mbewe reports

<p>South Africa has marked Heritage Day with a nationwide tree-planting campaign aimed at planting ten million trees. Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Bernice Swarts led the initiative, which took place across all nine provinces as part of President Cyril Ramaphosa's Presidential One Billion Trees Programme. The campaign is intended to promote environmental awareness and strengthen the country's resilience to climate change. &nbsp;Swarts was joined by members of the diplomatic corps at Freedom Park in the capital, Pretoria. Channel Africa's Michael Mbewe reports</p>