Lions of Manyeleti

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(4 hours ago)sunless Wrote: Saw this on the FB group Lion sightings for the lion dynamics in Manyeleti.
Credits to Michelle Stemm from FB

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***Updated- Lions of the Manyeleti***
I’ve compiled what I could and then had a lot of help pulling this altogether from the experts including: Ahmed Al Odaini, Aruna Pavithran, Ignacio Alejandro Crea, Gabriel Hitner, Tim Grove, Melanie Boyer, Frankie Kenneth, and Matt Crookes (Guide) who I’m very grateful to. 
If I’ve missed anything, or you have more details, please do let me know. The information I’m looking for is the birth month/year, of each individual (if known), who sired them, any individuals I might have missed or that need updating.
Prides of Manyeleti:
Birmingham Pride (Superpride) - included in Timbavati list

Skorro Pride:
- 12 adult Females
- new cubs 
Dominant males: Mongawane males - Osindile YBM & Torchwood male, sired by Brutus, Giraffe male; and Nhenha, Birmingham.

Mbiri Pride:
- 5 Females (not sure what happened to the 6th female)
- 1 subadult male
- 1 cub (not seen for a few months, suspected it has not made it) 
Dominant male/s: TBC Mbiri males (Shaka & Zig Zag) have been with the pride on and off recently. Will need to see how this situation develops in time. Orpen male Nzuri was in a coalition with Mandevu (Tinswalo Coalition) & they were the dominant males of this pride. 
Notes from Matt: (Mbiri pride has been extremely quiet after the fight with mandevu and the mbiri males. They have been around the north of the Manyeleti and all split up for now.)

Nharhu Pride:
• 5 Females (should be 9 females but it's been very hard to account for all)
-3 Original Matriarchs
1 Thanda Impi
-  5 RR daughters
- 1 subadult male
- 6 cubs with the newest born in February 2025. 
Dominant male: Red Road
Notes from Matt: 
1. The pride has split up now due to three females giving birth to cubs. The three females keep all the cubs together. Red road staying with those three females and then going off to patrol his territory. Maybe once a week we see the pride come together. 
2. Red Roads son and the female that is collard in the Nharu pride spent a lot of time together and sometimes joined by another female. 
3. Last week I had a sighting of the collard female and red road son with another young male. Looked to be smaller than red roads son but I am struggling to ID him at the moment. ***Think this is one of the young Monwana males***
4. Red Roads son that is a little older than the current pride male every now and then visits the Manyeleti but not often.

Imbali Pride:
- 4 Females
- 3 or 4 cubs b. early 2025 or Dec 2024 (s8 daughter is their mother). 
Dominant males: Mantimahle coalition - (dark maned & ginger) 

Male lions and coalitions of Manyeleti:
*   Mbiri coalition - 2 males, Zig Zag & Shaka (would not call them Manyeleti just yet. They enter sporadically)
*   Tintswalo coalition - 2 males - Mandevu & Nzuri (Orpen male) - as of 5 March 2025 this coalition is no longer with Mandevu losing his life after suffering major injuries from the two Mbiri males. Mandevu was born in early 2016 making him 9 years old & in his prime when he lost his life. 
*   Mongawane coalition - 2 males, Osindile YBM b. late 2016 & Torchwood male (same as Mbiris. Not really part of Manyeleti)
*   Red Road
*   Mantimahle Coalition - 2 males, Dark Maned & Ginger
*  Monwana males have been in the area lately. 
Notes from Matt: Monwana males, have moved back toward mbiri pride territory, they have been seen all the way from Tintswalo airstrip to kokhamoya dam. They have been hanging around in the area. They also were in very close proximity to Nzuri a couple days ago. Nzuri roared and there was no response from the Monwana males.

Another extremely helpful post, for everyone, thank you! Reply