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N'waswitshaka males
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 (04-04-2025, 09:18 PM)Guillermo94 Wrote:(04-04-2025, 08:13 PM)NLAL11 Wrote: Orange-Eyed male 10th March. Credits to Keagan Chasenski. For some reason the N'waswitshaka males, despite having that name because they're from the N'waswitshaka pride, are generally referred to as the Ndzenga males by Mala Mala and Londolozi, the two reserves where their territory is located. So yes they are the same males. 
I think it’s because ndzenga is easier to say and spell compared to nwaswitshaka
 (04-05-2025, 04:31 AM)NLAL11 Wrote: For some reason the N'waswitshaka males, despite having that name because they're from the N'waswitshaka pride, are generally referred to as the Ndzenga males by Mala Mala and Londolozi, the two reserves where their territory is located. So yes they are the same males. (04-05-2025, 04:38 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: I think it’s because ndzenga is easier to say and spell compared to nwaswitshakaIIRC, both Lion Sands and Londolozi give different explanation on for why they are called Ndzhenga and the meaning behind it... According to Lion Sands: "These four males (N'waswitshaka) gained a reputation for being frustrating to track and find. They tended to retreat into a very dense sickle bush thicket, which made off-roading and locating them nearly impossible. This behaviour inspired a new name for their coalition: the ‘Ndhzenga’ males (meaning sickle-bush) after their fondness for that area." Londolozi: "Ndhzenga means thorn in the side which was the name given to the coalition due to one male that has an injury from a buffalo horn on the side of his stomach."   (04-05-2025, 01:57 AM)Ttimemarti Wrote: Speaking of the nwaswitshaka males I’ve recently seen photos of the nwaswitshaka pride and the males definitely get their looks from their mothers lol they all had those ndzenga noses lol I read their father is not the old N'waswitshaka male @Tr1x24 maybe do you know who sired Ndzhengas?  (04-08-2025, 12:40 PM)Tr1x24 Wrote:(04-08-2025, 06:48 AM)FACR2212 Wrote: @Tr1x24 maybe do you know who sired Ndzhengas? Thank you my friend, you are like an encyclopaedia of kruger lions. 
Mala Mala monthly report for March 2025, posting as requested by @Mapokser
NDHZENGA MALES = 2 1 ADULT MALE 10 YEARS 1 MONTH 1 ADULT MALE 9 YEARS 8 MONTHS WESTERN MALAMALA, FLOCKFIELD & CHARLESTON Dominant over the Kambula pride and Ntsevu pride. First Encountered on MalaMala Game Reserve in September 2020. (26 sightings) On the 2nd, the older male was with three Kambula lionesses at West Street Bridge and the next day one male was at the Airstrip while the other was feeding on an elephant carcass at Buffalo Pans. He remained here for the next three days and was joined by members of the Kambula Pride. Both males were with the Kambula pride north of Hyena Waterhole on the 6th and north of Jakkalsdraai Open Area the next day. On the 9th, they were at Piccadilly Triangle and joined the Ntsevu Pride at the Airstrip later that day. On the 13th, the older male was at Princess Alice Pans and continued eastwards to join his brother and the Kambula Pride east of Drum Crossing. The next day they were with the sub-adults of the Kambula pride east of Rattray’s Camp and were west of the Kapen Breakfast Spot on the 16th. The following day one male was west of the Airstrip and the other was at West Street Bridge with members of the Kambula Pride. Both males were west of MalaMala Camp on the 18th and on the 20th, one male was with the Kambula Pride north of Rattray’s Camp. On the 22nd, they were at Elephant Rock Lookout and two days later they were northeast of West Street Bridge with the Kambula Pride. The following day they were with two Kambula lionesses at a giraffe carcass at Charleston North Crossing and on the 26th they joined the bulk of the Kambula Pride at Kapen Breakfast Spot. On the 27th, one male stole an impala kill from the Stone Drift female and her cub north of West Street Bridge, whilst the other was at Piccadilly Triangle. The next day they were west of Rattray’s Camp and on the 29th they were with the Ntsevu pride west of MalaMala Camp. They were with the Ntsevu Pride on the 31st at Piccadilly Triangle where they were being quite vocal. |
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