Ndzhenga Coalition

The Ndzhenga Males also known as the N'waswitshaka Males are a coalition composed of four male lions. The coalition currently occupies the sothern sections of the Sabi Sands with possible territory in the Kruger National Park.

The Ndzhenga Males are dominant over the Styx Pride and Southern Pride.

Early Years
The four males are believed to come from two separate litters with two males being slightly older than the other two. The four males all hail from the Nwaswitshaka Pride in the Kruger National Park and were born in 2015. The Ndzhenga males are believed to have been sired by the Old Nwaswitshaka Males.

Adult Years
After dispersing from their natal pride in 2019, the four males headed north into the Sabi Sands Game Reserve. The males were not strangers to this area, as the Nwaswitshaka pride occupies territory just south of the Sabie River which separates the two areas. The males were plagued by health issues during their nomadic life and suffered bouts of mane loss. One male in particular suffered an abdominal injury resulting in a piece of his digestive tract protruding outside of his body.

One of the their first interactions with another group of lions was in January 2020 when the Ndzhenga males came across the Othawa Male and the Mhangene Pride on a Giraffe kill in Sabi Sabi, the four males were more than enough to muscle in and claim the kill for themselves. The males first took control of the Southern Pride in April 2020 and were observed mating with its sole lioness. Following this they were seen the company of the Styx Females, first mating with the females around August 2020 before firmly taking control of the pride by October 2020.

By 2021 the Ndzhenga males had produced cubs with all available females within their territory and began to venture elsewhere. The coalition made an appearance in Londolozi in November 2021 and came into contact with a Northern Avoca Male, a skirmish occured between an unknown number of Ndzhenga males and presumably both Nothern Avocas. One Ndzhenga male recieved an injured front paw and another recieved bites to the rear end. Blonde Mane Avoca was later seen with bite marks close to his spine.

After this confrontation three of the males returned south whilst the Wide-Nose Ndzhenga male remained behind for a few more days to mate with a Kambula lioness.

Offspring sired by the Ndzhenga Males

 * Two female cubs in the Southern Pride - born in September 2020
 * Seven cubs from two litters in the Styx Pride - born in April/May 2021