The Mighty Mapogos

[Leo Aslan]

(09-25-2022, 04:33 PM)Leo Aslan Wrote:

(09-25-2022, 03:34 PM)Leo Aslan Wrote: Events of the year 2009

14. 53 lions of diverse prides lived in 2005


15. 35 lions of diverse prides lived in 2009/2010. 


16. the border fence around inhabited area and the Tragedy of 5 Mapogo sons: On more than one occassion the Sand River Pride were driven out of the Sabi Sands by the Mapogos. Five were shot in April 2006 and the rest of the Sand River Pride were shot in January 2009 after they were driven out by the Mapogos and started feeding on cattle in Dumphries Village.
This pride got out the Sabi Sands when the Sand River came down in flood & the fence collapsed in January 2009. MPB put out an order to shoot the Lions. Hunters (Willem Botha & Co.) came in with dogs - 4 male sub adults/cubs & 2 females were killed. The 5th sub-adult male made it back into the safety of Sabi Sands but eventually died of starvation as he was too young to hunt properly for himself! All 5 Mapogo sons were born in 2007.

Events of the year 2010

17. a little addendum why the Mapogos didn't conquer the whole south. The Selati aka Southern pride is a very loyal pride to their dominant males who have assisted them in territorial fights. Between 2004 and 2005 a war raged in this area between the Mapogos on one side and the 5 Southern pride males and their natal pride on the other. The 5 Mapogos tried again and again but the Selati pride was overwhelming with its 5 males and 6 females. The Mapogos conquered the tip of the south and tried their luck by taking over the Charleston pride. But the same situation there too: the 4 Charleston females actively support their dominant males, the 4 Skukuza males. The still inexperienced Mapogo brothers finally turned and positioned themselves in the middle from where they finally attacked Nhlanguleni. The 6 Mapogos, the 5 Southern Pride and the Skukuza males gave all and there were serious injuries on all sides. One of the reasons why the Mapogos later rarely marched south. 3 of the 5 Southern pride males moved into the Kruger, the 2 remaining will later go down in history as the Golf Course males and thus as the fathers of the 5 Selati males.

18. The war between the Mapogos and their half-brothers Rollercoaster has been raging since 2008. Both coalitions ruled and dominated the scene of Sabi sands during that time. After the 2nd Rollercoaster male was killed by a crocodile, the last Rollercoaster male accepted the young Tsalala male Solo and formed a coalition with him. Especially Kinky Tail and Mr T hunt down their half brother. On January 1st 2010 the Rollercoaster passed away and the Tsalala male was SOLO again as so often.



19. Dramatic events took place in 2010. The 3 Toulon brothers who were evicted by Mr T and Kinky Tail in 2009 settled south and took over the Selati/southern pride and the Charleston pride. In May 2010, a new threat to the mapogo empire made its way east from the north: the 5 Majingilane brothers. Kinky Tail and Mr T cleared the way up north for them because they were more central back then.


19. In June 2010, the 4 Mapogo brothers (Makhulu, Dreadlocks, Pretty Boy and Rasta) were kings of the west. Mr T and Kinky Tail continued to keep an eye on the Central, part of the North and the East, while at the tip of the South lone Solo and his pride of Sparta held their own. In the south came a new force, the KNP males Freddy and Limper, who drove out the Toulons. On June 8th 2010 the Mlowathi Boys Kinky Tail and Mr t killed the 5th Majingilane and at the same night the 4 remaining Majingilane brothers killed Kinky Tail. By the end of June Mr T turned back to his 4 older brothers in the West. On 5th July 2010 the 5 Mapogos marched into Majingilane territory for revenge. The newcomers fled into Kruger but returned after the Mapogos left the area. Why days later Pretty boy and Rasta separated from the coalition, disappeared for weeks and only Pretty boy turned up badly injured remains a mystery to this day. At the end of the year the next shock: the mighty Dreadlocks suddenly disappeared and only years later it was confirmed that his skin had been sighted in a hut in a neighboring village.

Events of the Year 2011

20. the lion prides of 2011
   

21. The Mapogos were now down to three (Makhulu, Pretty boy and Mr T) but still kings of the West; the East and parts of the North was under Majingilane control. But from the North a new opponent appeared: the Matimba coalition. In early July, the Mapogo and the Majingilane drew coalitions to their common border and began demonstrating their dominance with overwhelming roars. It was thought that there would be a battle between the old rivals. But out of nowhere, 3/4 of the Matimbas also joined and now it was a showdown of the extra class: in the middle of the night the sounds of a battle rang through the bush. Days later, the Mapogos were slowly seen roaring away to the west. They all had wounds and especially Makhulu was badly marked, nevertheless they remained the old kings and did not surrender to the young and powerful Matimbas, who now took their anger out on the Majingilanes and expelled them in August. While these 3 coalitions were openly opposed, a new coalition, the 5 Selati brothers, was approaching from the south. After the Mapogos tracked them down to the west and drove them east, one of them was killed by the 4 Majingilanes during their reconnaissance in enemy territory.
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