N'waswitshaka males

[Tonpa]

Ndzhenga males June 2022

On numerous occasions, three males were recorded together. Each time, the individual absent was the one with the club foot. Having sustained an injury to his hip in a dispute with another coalition earlier this year, he is likely struggling to keep up with his coalition mates.

Noteworthy sightings:
• Three males were on the northern parts of the Airstrip on the morning of the 2nd .
• The same three individuals were south of the Parking Bay on the 3rd .
• Three males were around the central parts of the Tamboti Thickets on the 4th , while another was around Elephant Slide Crossing.
• On the 13th, two males were with a lioness from the Kambula pride at the White Stones. The other two males were with four Kambula lionesses east of Drum Crossing.
• The male with the club foot was at Mamba Waterhole on the 16th .
• Two males linked up around Maurice’s Pan on the 18th. Tempted by the smell of a decomposing hyena, one male ascended a jackalberry tree to sniff a carcass that the Inyathini male had abandoned.
• On the 21st, one male was with three lionesses around Kapen Rocks. After nightfall, two more males crossed east onto MalaMala and were found south of the Airstrip.
• Three males were together north of Maurice’s Pan on the 23rd. They roared as they moved southwest towards West Street.
• On the 24th, three males linked up with lionesses from the Kambula pride who had killed a zebra north of the Rock Drift Donga.
• A male was alone north of Styx Crossing on the 27th . • On the 28th, one male was alone south of Dudley Crossing while another mated with a lioness from the Kambula pride around West Street Pans.
• One male was around Flockfield Tower on the 30th . Reply