N'waswitshaka males

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MalaMala November report:

Compiled by the Rangers of MalaMala Game Reserve

MALE LIONS
THE NDHZENGA MALES = 2
1 ADULT MALE ± 8 YEARS 9 MONTHS
1 ADULT MALE ± 8 YEARS 4 MONTHS
WESTERN MALAMALA, FLOCKFIELD & CHARLESTON
Dominant over the Kambula and Styx Prides.
First Encountered on MalaMala September 2020
(24 sightings)

Still, in their prime, the two Ndhzenga males are healthy and are successfully defending their large
territory against potential invaders, providing a safe environment for their offspring to grow. They
spent more than half their recorded sightings with members of the Kambula pride.
Noteworthy sightings:

• On the 2nd, they were stretching north, and were on the Gowrie Boundary north of Mlowathi
Dam.

• The next day they had travelled to the southern end of their territory, Hyena Waterhole,
where they stayed until the 4th.

• On the 5th, they shared a zebra carcass with the Kambula pride at the confluence of the
Ngoboswan Donga and the Sand River. They followed the pride to the Airstrip the next day.

• They joined the Kambula pride at West Street Bridge on the 10th and 11th, where they shared
a waterbuck kill with them.

• On the 13th, they were with the members of the Kambula pride along the western regions of
the Rock Drift Donga, and they moved with them to Lion Rocks the next day.

• On the 16th, they were with one lioness of the Kambula pride at Mlowathi Dam.

• On the 18th, they were with the five lionesses and 13 cubs at the Old Airstrip.

• The next day they were with one lioness from the Kambula pride north of the Sausage Spot,
when they caught and killed an impala lamb.

• On the 23rd, the larger of the two males was with five lionesses and 11 cubs in the Sand River,
south of Kikilezihash Crossing while the smaller of the two males was with another lioness at
Mlowathi Dam, unsuccessfully attempting to mate. In the afternoon the larger male trailed
two lionesses who stole an impala lamb carcass from a leopard nearby.

• On the 25th, the smaller male was at Mlowathi Dam again in the morning before moving south
to Piccadilly Triangle where his roaring was interrupted by a pair of mating tortoises. On his
diversion, he linked up with two of the Kambula lionesses resting nearby.

• The two males were back together on the 26th east of the Tamboti Thickets.
• On the 27th, they finished a zebra carcass with the Kambula pride on Dudley Lookout and spent
the next day resting in the area.

• On the 29th, they were roaring in front of MalaMala Camp across the Sand River.
• On the 30th, they joined a Kambula lioness and the three youngest cubs south of the Tamboti
Thickets and followed them to the rest of the pride at Kapen Rocks. Reply