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05-24-2024, 11:16 PM( This post was last modified: 05-24-2024, 11:18 PM by Tr1x24 )
(05-24-2024, 10:34 PM)Vengeous Wrote: Slightly hot take but I don't actually see it as a complete shift in territory...
The PCMs have stopped patrolling the south of the western sector, which is where Savanna is. That's why Nkuhuma and Tumbela have been relatively unscathed and have been seen outside the Savanna lodge, and that's where the Othawas are too, because the PCMs have moved their territory to the northern half of the western sector.
Now the PCMs have occupied Elephant Plains and parts of Simbambili/Arathusa, which is in the southwestern part of the northern sector. The Kambula boys have been seen primarily in Djuma and Chitwa Chitwa and Nkorho recently.
So there is a small overlap there, but let's hope it's not too significant. The territory the PCMs patrol is almost akin to the whole of the western sector which they used to occupy. They are still seen in the west with the Ximunghwes (they were there yesterday) so it is doable to traverse this distance (so far). The complication comes if the Nkuhumas start pulling the PCMs far too east (which may happen within the next few weeks). But as of now I see a potential balance to be struck in which no one is too unhappy.
This is what I theorized initially, that PCMs might shift territory north along the fence (northern WS- northern Singita - Simbambili/EP) and would basically have territory of what 2 Ximhungwe females traversed for years.
Basically this:
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This is sustainable.
They might "ditch" Mhangenis tho (who prefer to hang in southern Singita and southern WS) and add NKs instead, keeping Ximhungwes in northern WS.
This territory is obivously harder to defend, as they previously had only 1 border to east and only Ndhzengas for the most part as territorial neighbours, while in this scenario, they could get pressured by 3 side:
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But even this is far easier to defend, then for example, Ndhzengas territory, who need to defend from all sides.