The first post office in South Africa was nothing more than
a tree!
The Old Post Office Tree is so named because it acted as a
mail system for seagoing men in the 1500’s. It is an old milk-wood tree and one
of the Commanders of Cabral ships, Pedro De Ataide, left a letter of importance
in an iron pot shoe under this large tree on his return journey from the East.
This letter was found by the Commander of the third East India Fleet, Joao De
Nova in 1501 when he was on his way to India.
This is how the post office
system started in South Africa. This is a National Monument and is generally known
as Post Office tree.
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