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(04-18-2024, 01:50 AM)Duco Ndona Wrote: Seeing we would be very familiar now with the lions being killed. I doubt anybody really wants to see another Mapogo like coalition rising to power.

Agreed, however, while I know that Willem Botha, and several other well known guides from that period have stated they believe the Mapgo killed 100 lions, and they would know far better than most of us (being eyes on the ground and all, heck, Willem Botha physically touched all 6 of them), I tend to lean towards the side that believes there may be some exaggeration in those numbers. Firstly, it would be impossible to know the numbers exactly, as the Mapogo territory expanded nearly all of SS, and secondly as @Tr1x24 has pointed out previously, 100 lions is a huge number of lions, surely it would have left SS a lion wasteland, where there would hardly be any left. Did they kill a lot of lions, absolutely, likely more than any other coalition that I am aware of, but 100? I'm not so sure about that.

They ruled SS for 6 years, so that means they averaged almost 17 lions per year. So, while I believe their numbers may be exaggerated, I still think I agree with @Duco Ndona , I am not sure we'd want to see that again today. Reply