N'waswitshaka males

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Mala Mala Game Report May 2024

THE NDHZENGA MALES = 2
1 ADULT MALE ± 9 YEARS 3 MONTHS
1 ADULT MALE ± 8 YEARS 10 MONTHS
WESTERN MALAMALA, FLOCKFIELD & CHARLESTON
Dominant over the Kambula.
First Encountered on MalaMala September 2020
(21 sightings)

It was another busy month for the two Ndhzenga males, who split their time between the Kambula
pride and the Ntsevu pride while trying to maintain their territorial boundaries.
Noteworthy sightings:

• On the 1st, they shared an impala kill with the Ntsevu pride at Mlowathi Koppies and were still
with them the next day to the west of Campbell Koppies.
• They were both with the Kambula pride at Princess Alice Pans on the 4th and the 5th and moved
to Kikilezihash Crossing with the pride on the 6th.
• The next day, they were found separately; one male was near the confluence of the Tlebe
Rocks Donga and the Mlowathi River, while the other male was north of Maurice’s Pan.
• They were together again on the 8th at Emsagwen Crossing.
• On the 10th, they joined the Ntsevu pride just to the south of Campbell Koppies but returned
to the Kambula pride the next day at Kikilezihash Crossing.
• They then went on a territorial mission, first heading south towards Kapen Open Area on the
14th and then walking all the way north to Mlowathi Dam by the 16th.
• On the 19th, they were with a lioness of the Ntsevu Pride southeast of Stwise when they were
chased by a herd of elephants.
• They were with the Kambula pride again on the 23rd east of the Kapen Breakfast Spot.
• On the 27th, the larger of the two males killed a male kudu with some members of the Ntsevu
pride on the southern bank of the Sand River, west of Bicycle Crossing and were joined in this
area by the other male the next day.
• On the 30th, they found a dead elephant cow east of Campbell Koppies and feasted on that
carcass until the end of the month. Reply