Lions of Sabi Sands

[Duco Ndona]

To give the quick ran down. The Mhangeni were facing a take over so they split the pride between most of the adult lionesses and their twelve subs with another adult lioness to babysit them. 
The baby sitter however died quickly afterwards so the subs were on their own. Resulting in what was known as the Mhangeni twelve. 

Most of them died as they were not skilled enough to secure enough food to feed so many lions with so little skill. 
Some of the lionesses managed to reconnect with the Mhangeni pride. But Big Boy ended up being adopted by Nana, one of the lionesses of the Nkuhuma pride. Who introduced him to the pride. 

He managed to heal up there, suffering heavily from mange when he arrived. But Nana died soon after and when the Avocas returned, he and and the other male subadult Nym were forced to leave. 
The two did not form a coalition and Nym eventually ended up in western sector. Big Boy Mhangeni however kept trailing the Nkuhuma pride alone. Until he got in somekind of scruffle which gave him the wound that got infected resulting in his death. 

Of the Mhangeni twelve only one or two lionesses are alive I recall. The two that managed to return home. Reply