LARGE IVORY

CARRIERS OF THE

KRUGER NATIONAL

PARK

INDEX: 1. BAKOOR 2. GUMBANDEBVU 3. SHIPANDANI 4. MBOHLE 5. SHIMATSI 6. MAHUDZI 7. GOMONDWANE 8. MANDLEVE 9. MLONDOZI 10. JOAO 11. BUBUBU 12. SPIROWIRI 13. MILUWATI 14. MAZITHE 15. MABARULA 16. SHIRAHINI 17. DUKE 18. MUNGANA 19. SHILOWA 20. TSHILONDE 21. TSHOKWANE 22. TSENDZE 23. TSUMANE 24. SHAMARIRI 25. MASORINI 26. MAHLATI 27. SHISANGANE 28. HLAMALALA 29. MAFUNYANE 30. SHINGWEDZI 31. KAMBAKU 32. JOAO 33. DZOMBO 34. NDLULAMITHI 35. SHAWU 36. PHELWANE 37. UNKNOWN 38. IMAGES ON CD

BAKOOR Name: Named after the bakoor windmill Area: South of Shingwedzi Characteristics: Both tusks diverging

By whom Where When How Photo ID Keith Begg

Bakoor windmill 1993 2 slides

Mr JD Long PO Box 35579 Menlo Park 0102

Riverbed south of Shingwedzi camp (H1-6 and S65).

November 1993.

Photo 2a

Mev E Maritz Posbus 64 Warden 9890

Bird hide Kanniedood dam

October 1996

Photos 4a,b

Mr Ken Graham PO Box 2730 Nelspruit 1200

2 km east of Shingwedzi camp

September 1996

Photos 3a,b

GUMBANDEBVU Name: Tsonga name for “to shave one’s beard” Area: Punda Maria Characteristics: Two inward curving tusks.

By whom Where When How Photo ID SA Police Near Punda Maria ? Photos

1a, 1b

SHIPANDANI Name: Tsonga for “that which divides or splits” Area: Mooiplaas. Characteristics: No right tusk.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Keith Begg Grysbok Windmill,

Mooiplaas October 1993

1 slide

MBHOLE Name: Mbohle Area: East of Shingwedzi Characteristics: One long tusk left.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Mev M Roets Geduld Posbus 215 Warden 9890

East of Shingwedzi 1990

Photos 1a,b

SHIMATSI Name: Tsonga word meaning “left”. Previously called Eendrag. Area: Between Shingwedzi and Mooiplaas. Characteristics: Big round swelling approx. 50 cm behind left shoulder. Almost hairless tail end.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Mev M Roets Geduld Posbus 215 Warden 9890

East of Shingwedzi 1991 Photo 1a

Mev M Roets Eendrag windmill Oct 1993 Photo 2a Mrs Rita Meyer 28 Carletta Street Paarl 7646 022 1121143

Kanniedood dam Aug 1995 1 slide only – 3a

Mev M Roets Mooiplaas – just south of Bowerskop windmill

Dec 1995 Phoned in – no photo

H Aichinger Pregartsdorf 47 4230 Pregarten Austria

Dzombo west October 1996

Photo 4a

Mr S Bassil PO Box 13818 Northmead 1511

Btw Mopani and Shingwedzi

Oct 97 Photos 5a,b

Sgt Danie Smalberger SAPD

Dzombo west Aug 1998 Photos 6a,b

Chris Patton Btw Mopani and Shingwedzi

April 2000 No Photo

MAHUDZI Name: Tsonga word meaning “a passer by”. Very big elephant. Mahudzi is a tributary that joins the Letaba River just north of the camp. Area: South of Letaba to Mooiplaas Characteristics: Very large elephant. Symmetrical upward curved tusks.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Johan Marais Letaba Dec 96 Photos 1a-e Johan Marais Malopenyana windmill Dec 97 Photo 2a

GOMONDWANE Name: Called Mac previously, but NOT Mac! Area: Between Croc Bridge and Lower Sabie. Characteristics: Shorter left tusk.

By whom Where When How Photo ID FW Schenk Posbus 39773 Morelettapark 0044

Halfway between Hippo pool road and Gaisenga waterhole (S25).

April 1992 Photos 1a,b

Shane Plunkett Gomondwane road on night drive

August 1995

No photos

Ian Whyte (on census)

Mac windmill Sept 1997 No photos

Daryl Balfour 1 slide 2a

MANDLEVE Name: Tsonga for torn ear. Louis Olivier, ranger, African name was also Mandleve. Area: Sabi Sabi/Skukuza area. Characteristics: Huge torn in left ear.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Mr D Pledger Richmond Road R.D.2 Te Pohue Hawkes Bay New Zealand

? 1985 Letter Photo marked 1985 (Taken by KD McKinley)

Judy Fillmore PO Box 1034 Fountainbleau 2032

Near Kruger Gate 1989 Letter Two photos marked 1989.

Daryl Balfour 9 Slides

Remains were found on 11 June 1993. Died btw 11-06-93 and 28-09-93 on power line road next to Kruger Gate road about 10 km from Skukuza of natural causes. Tusks biggest in KNP to date: 69 and 73, 5kg. Was approx btw 55 and 60 years old.

MLONDOZI Name: Also known as MAFAGALAMBA. Area: Between Croc Bridge and Tshokwane. Characteristics: Very characteristic bottom left ear cut.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Mafagalamba:

Johan Marais PO Box 16024 Pretoria-North 0116

5 km north of Tshokwane Dec 1996 Photos 1a-c

Johan Marais Between LS and CB – corner of S82 and H4-2.

May 1997 Photos 2a,b

Mlondozi: Mrs HC Pratt PO Box 151 Bredasdorp 7280

Tar road near Mlonozi dam

August 1995

Letter Photos 3a,b

Mike Landman On Mlondozi loop July 1996 Phone No photo Beukes Enslin Near Mlondozi dam June 1997 ? Very dark

slides D Pretorius and C Prinsloo

West of Muntshe April 1998 ? Photos 4a-j/Video

Johan Marais 3 km north of Lower Sabie

April 1998 E-mail Photos 5a,b

12-10-1998 Died at Mlondozi dam on 12 October 1998.

JOAO See file under Magnificent seven. Area: Mahlangeni/Phalaborwa area.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Douw Grobler Msiane/Mahlangeni 1990 Walk in 1a - slide Keith Begg Nhlarweni/Phalaborwa April

1991 Walk in 1b - slide

BUBUBU Name: named after the Bububu windmill. Area: Shangoni area. Characteristics: Long right tusk and broken short left tusk. Also huge tear in left ear later.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Danie Pienaar Bububu windmill October

1992 --- Photo 1a

Angela Gaylard --- 3 photos Died on Oct 1998.

SPIROWIRI Name: Tsonga word meaning “two difficult tasks”. Area: Shingwedzi area. Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID Mnr A Horn Posbus 63 Messina 0900

Spirowiri waterhole Oct 1989 Letter Photo 1a

Klaus Wiedebusc Main gate at Shingwedzi August 1991

Walk in Photo 2a

Mr WR Glass PO Box 1097 Umhlanga Rocks 4320

Near Kanniedood dam Nov 1991 Letter Photos 3a,b

Mr Mike Schoultz PO Box 2515 North End Port Elizabeth 6056

Main gate at Shingwedzi – in riverbed

Feb 1993 Letter Video

Mrs Rita Meyer 28 Carletta Street Paarl 7646

Kanniedood dam May 1994 Letter 4a - slide

Mr TK Hannay 15 Alexandra Road Irene 1675

Spirowiri waterhole June 1993 Letter Photos 5a,b, c

H Aichinger Pregartsdorf 47 4230 Pregarten Austria

Red Rocks area Sept 1996 Letter Photo 6a

MILUWATI Name: Tsonga word meaning ‘flame thorns” after Acacia ataxacantha after a spruit near Ngwenyene. Area: Ngwenyene dam. Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID Stuart Bassil At Ngwenyenidam on

Nhlanguleni road Nov 2000 Walk in? Photos

1a-d

MAZITHE Name: named after the Mazithe dam. Area: Tshokwane/Orpen area. Characteristics: Floppy left ear.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Roland Seitre Mazithe dam Oct 1992 Walk in Photos 1a-f Carol Polich 821 Alpine Way Bozeman, Montana 59715 USA

Jones’ Dam, Nwatindlopfu windmill

Sept 1993 Letter 4 slides 3 a-d

Mrs m Roets Geduld Posbus 215 Warden 9890

Gudzane Oos (S41) Sept 1992 Letter Photos 2a,b, c

Douw Grobler Orpen dam Walk in 1 slide Dr WH Lourens 7 km north of Tshokwane August

1995 Walk in 1 slide

MABARULA Name: Previously called Hatlani? Area: Mopani/Nshawu area Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID H Aichinger 1 km outside Letaba Sept 1994 Photo 1a H Aichinger Nshawu Dam Oct 1996 Photo 2a J Marais Nshawu No 2 windmill Feb 1997 ----------- No photo H Aichinger Nshawu No 1 windmill Oct 1997 Letter Photos

3a-c T Leach Bowerskop windmill July 1999 ? Photo 4a Bernard Niemand Nshawu No 3 windmill March 1999 Letter Photo 5a Johan Marais Nshawu dam area Dec 2002 E-mail Photos sent

by e-mail

SHIRAHINI Name: Tsonga word meaning “at the wild animals”. Also known as “MAC”? Area: Lower Sabie area. Characteristics: Two equally frontward curving tusks.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Johan Marais Near Mlondozi dam Dec 1997 Letter Photos

1a,b, c

DUKE Name: Named after Tom Duke which was ranger who was stationed at Lower Sabie from 1903 to 1923 Area: Croc Bridge to Satara area. Characteristics: Has a characteristic rectangular notch towards the bottom of his left ear.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Daryl Balfour Lower Sabie Sunset dam ? 1 Slide Chris Walwyn Duke windmill Dec 1992 Photos 1a,b,

c Wouter Jordaan On S28 at T junction to

Nhlanganzwane dam Jan 1993 Phone No photos

Wayne Jackman S 28 btw LS and CB June 1994 Photos 2a Mrs M Roets Geduld Posbus 215 Warden 9890

H1-3 just north of Tshokwane

March 1992 Letter Photos 3a-e

Bert Lewington 180 Belham Place Mondeor 2091

On S28 at T junction to Nhlanganzwane dam

Nov 1993 Letter 4a, b (Photos returned)

Mr H Claassens Near Lower Sabie March 1995 Letter not found

Photos 5a-j

Dr E Caney The Anchorage 87 Krantzview Road Kloof 3610

On S28 at T junction to Nhlanganzwane dam

June 1994 Letter Photos 6a, b

Mrs Joan Schormann P.O. Box 2503 Nelspruit 1200

10km south of Satara Feb 1996 Letter Photos 7a-f

John Scrooby Turnoff to Orpen picnic place

Dec 1995 Letter 8 (Photo returned)

Mr AB van Bodegom P.O. Box 85 Elgin 7180

North of Lower Sabie dam wall

June 1995 Letter Photo 9a

Paul Magennis P.O. Box 617 Howick 3290

5 km north of LS bridge on Tshokwane road

Oct 1994 Letter Photos 10a, b

H Aichinger Salitje road, 13km from Lower Sabie

Dec 1995 Letter Photo 13a

Dr Alan Kemp P.O. Box 413 Pretoria 0001

North-west point of Muntshe hill

Dec 1996 Letter 11a, b (Slides – not in file!)

Johan Marais P.O. Box 16024 Pretoria-North 0116

Mlondozi windmill Dec 1996 Letter Photos 12a-c

Paul Funston Lower Sabie gate - nightdrive

Feb 1997 ? No photos

Johan Marais Silolweni Dam (Tshokwane)

Feb 1997 Letter Photo 14a

Ian Whyte Mac windmill on census Sept 1997 -------- --------- Don English Ngelengi mouth by

Helicopter Oct 1997 Phone in No photo

Don English Muntshe waterhole Nov 1997 Phone in No photo Johan Marais Loskop windmill Dec 1997 Phone in Photo 15a

(not in file!) Rob Waldron/Corrie Prinsloo

Tar road to Mlondozi April 1998 ? No photo (Duke in film by Rob Waldron)

Walter Gruneit Belgium

Road btw Afsaal and Pretoriuskop

Feb 2001 1 Photo Enlargement

Koos van Wyk ? March 2001 ? Photo 16a Tokkie Thomson Behind Munthshe Dec 2002 E-mail 4 photos

MUNGANA Name: Shangaan word for “Friend”. Area: Nshawu Dam/Mooiplaas area. Characteristics: Often seen with Shilowa.

By whom Where When How Photo ID D.E. Glass 2nd viewpoit at Engelhardt

dam October 1990

? Photo 5a

Mrs M Roets Shawu No 3 windmill Sept 1992 Letter (in other files)

Photos 1a, b

V Mathiessen (Barbara Zeime SAA Deutschland-Direktion Bleichstrabe 60-62 60313 Frankfurt/Main Germany)

? Aug 1993 Letter Photo 2a

Mrs M Roets Shawu No 3 windmill Sept 1993 ? Photos 3a-c Mr M Ackerman Posbus 12824 Clubview 0014

Btw Letaba and Mopani Sept 1993 Letter Photos 4a, b

Peter Horwood P.O. Box 97200 Petervale 2151

Turnoff to Shawani near Mopani

July 1995 Letter supposedly

Photo 7a

Mike Roumanoff P.O. Box 2109 Knysna 6570

Did not say Did not say Letter No photos in file

Johan Marais Dry riverbed just north of Letaba

May 1996 Letter in other files

8a, b (a not in file!)

Johan Marais Malopenyana windmill (with Shilowa)

Dec 1996 ? Photos 9a, b

Johan Marais Shawu No 2 windmill June 1997 ? Photos 10a, b

SHILOWA Name: Tsonga word for “the bewitched one”. Area: Mooiplaas and southwards Characteristics: One short and and long tusk.

By whom Where When How Photo ID W. M. Lutner Twisappeldam March 1992 ? Photo 8a Keith Begg Middelvlei windmill April 1992 Walk in Slide 1a Keith Begg Kondlanyeva flats, north

of Letaba July 1992 Walk in Slide 2a

Lois and Karl Mooiplaas picnic spot July 1993 Photos 3a, b (enlarged)

Mrs M Roets Btw S49 turnoff and Mooiplaas on H1-6

Sept 1993 Letter Photos 4a,b, c

Mrs M Roets Nshawu No3 windmill Sept 1993 Letter Photo 5a Danie Pienaar Mooiplaas picnic spot Oct 1993 Walk in Slides

retuned H Troester Germany

Nshawu Dam November 1993

? Photo 10a (photo returned)

Keith Begg Mooiplaas picnic spot 1993 Walk in Slide 7a, b (7b missing!)

JD van Zyl 47 6th Street Lower Houghton 2198

Middelvlei windmill Feb 1994 Letter Photos 6a,b

Harald Sprivak 547 Charles street Menlo Park 0081

Nshawu No1 windmill Aug 1994 Letter Photo 9a

Erica Fraser The Hillside 302A Lynnwood 0021

Btw malopenyana and Twisappel

Aug 1993 Letter Photo 11a

Mike Roumanoff PO Box 2109 Knysna 6570

Photo 12a

J.W. Sterk PO Box 1621 Phalaborwa 1390

Shawu No3 windmill Aug 1994 Letter Photos 13a,b, c

Mike Roumanoff

Near Mopani Letter Photo 14a

Peter Horwood PO Box 97200 Petervale 2151

Shawani turnoff near Mopani

July 1995 Letter 15a

Johan Oelofse Reaksiepad West of Manyeleti dam (with 13 bulls)

Jan 1996 Phone -------------

Rob Wishart 1km from Nhlanganini dam on Phalaborwa road

March 1996 ? No photo

Johan Oelofse Nshawu No2 windmill Aug 1996 Phone ------------- Johan Marais Malopenyana windmill

(With Mungana) Dec 1996 Letter Photo 16a

Mr van Niekerk Tsende proefpersele March 1997 ? No photo August Sycholt PO Box 935 Amanzimtoti 4125 gus@cis.co.za 031 903 4238

Tsende loop 2 km from north tunoff

April 1997 Letter Photos 17a, b, d (enlarged) (1 missing!)

mailto:gus@cis.co.za

H Aichinger Mooiplaas windmill, 8km south of Nshawu dam

Oct 1997 Letter Photos 19a-d

J Lyle Conrad USA

Middelvlei windmill Nov 1997 Letter Photos 18a, b

Nicole Duplaix Btw Nshawu 2 and 3 Nov 1997 ? Photo 20a Johan Marais Malopenyana windmill

(with Mahudzi) Dec 1997 Phone in ------------

Died approx. 09/04/1998. Game guards found him near Shawu No1 windmill. Johan Oelofse inspects carcass on 14-04-1998. Been dead about 5 days. Feet had healed well from “voetsool” problems with which he suffered from for about 2 years. Scars were visible on one hind foot. Tusks R: Left: Length: 237 cm 215 cm Circ top 44 cm 47 cm Circ lip 47 cm 46 cm Weight 47,3 kg 38,75 kg R tusk: large crack right up tusk L tusk: deep grooves worn on under side of tusk from reservoir

TSHILONDE Name: Tsonga for “a wound or sore” Area: Shingwedzi and southeast to it. Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID Bernard de Villiers Crotstraat 907 Rietfontein-Noord Pretoria 0084

Shingwedzi camp April 1991 Letter Photos 2a,b

R Maratea 4304 Suber Ct Virginia Beach, VA 23452 804 3406464 804 340 1018 fax

16-24 km down the Shingwedzi river

Aug 1995 Letter Slides 1a-h (Only 1a,b, c,e,g,h in file)

Peter Lambert P.O. Box 95034 Waterkloof 0145 012 465 212

East of Shingwedzi June 1996 Letter Photos 3a,b (Enlarged)

David McFie 1/2 km from Shingwedzi on Kanniedood road

June 1997 Letter Photos 5a-d

Mrs S Coerte Nelspruit

2 km from Shingwedzi on Kanniedood road

Aug 1997 Letter Photo 4a

Geoff McLachlan Red Rocks crossing Sep 1997 Letter Photo 6a

TSHOKWANE Name: Initially called Mazithe. Called Tshokwane as he was regularly seen in this area. Area: Tshokwane and Metsi-Metsi area Characteristics: Characteristic notch in right ear.

May 1997

Oct 1992 Dec 1995

By whom Where When How Photo ID

Ranger Ntomanini March 1992 ------------ No photo J Buchel PO Box 26337 Isipingo Beach 4115

Mazithe Dam July 1992 Letter 7a

Gerhard Koch 93 5th Street Parkmore Sandton 2196

Tshokwane tea room Oct 1992 Letter Photos 1a-e Taken by Colin Bishop

Heinz Palko Germany

Tshokwane tea room Oct 1992 Letter

Audrey Hoole 14 Homestead Park Bayley Street Benoni 1501

Incorrect locality Oct 1992 Letter Photo 8a

Steven Whitfield Metsi-Metsi trails camp ? Phone in Photo 3a MJ Graham PO Box 8 Unghlanga Rocks 4320

Turn off to Orpen Dam Oct 1992 Letter Photos returned

Johan Oelofse Lindanda burning plots Nov 1992 Rangers diary

No photo

Ranger Orpen Dam Nov 1992 ------------ No photo Mrs J Keller Cnr Lindanda Rd and

Trichardtroad Dec 1992 Letter Photos

15a,b, c Wouter Jordaan Metsi-Metsi trails

Reported broken off 0,5 m of his left tusk

May 1993 Phone No photo

Steven Whitfield Nwaswitsontso drift to Orpen Dam

June 1993 ? Photo 4a

Steven Whitfield Metsi-Metsi trail camp July 1993 ? Photo 5a Douw Grobler Tshokwane area ? ? Slides

6a-c Mr JW Sterk S90 Old main Rd Satara-

Balule July 1993 ? Photos

9a, b Mr B Coetzee Mavisstraat 15 Horison View Roodepoort 1724

4 km north of Tshokwane Aug 1993 Letter Photos 10a, b

Mnr Jan Hall Posbus 195 Nelspruit 1200

Mlondozi area Sept 1993 Letter Photo 11a

Dr G Steyn Posbus 216 Riversdal 6770

Near Tshokwane Sept 1993 Letter Photos 12a, b

Mr PC Venter Posbus 32665 Glenstantia 0010

Waterhole at Metsi-Metsi camp

Oct 1993 Letter Photos 13a, b

Mr Grazia Picca Via Grandi 11/13 20091 Bresso Milan, Italy

Near Nwamuriwa Dec 1995 Letter Photos 14a, b

Johan Marais At turnoff to Orpen Dam Dec 1995 Walk in Photos 16a-f

Ian Whyte NE of Gudzani windmill from the air

March 1996 ------------ No photo

Ian Whyte East of Mafagalamba June 1996 ------------ Slide to follow

Mr FOF Gous Posbus 6462 Welgemoed 7538

4 km north of Tshokwane Aug 1996 Letter 18a

Keith Ross Jones 15a Pretoria Street Oaklands JHB 2192

Wolhuter memorial S35 Sept 1996 Letter Photos 17a-d

Don English Metsi-Metsi trails camp Nov 1996 Phone in No photos Broke his right tusk during the night of 16 November 1996, so that only 50 cm was left. Mr JD Long PO Box 35579 Menlo Park 0102

On H1-3 approaching the S35, north of Tshokwane

Dec 1996 Letter Photos 19a, b

Don English Mafagalamba Dec 1996 Phone in No photo Johan Marais Tshokwane tea room May 1997 Phone in Photos

20a, b Beukes Enslin

Tshokwane tea room June 1997 Phone in No photo

Don English Rangers house – Tshokwane

Aug 1997 Phone in

Beukes Enslin Tshokwane tea room Nov 1997 Phone in No photo Tshokwane field rangers

Metsi Metsi Dec 1997 Phone in No photo

Corrie Prinsloo Tshokwane tea room July 1998 ? No photo Ian Whyte Census Sept 1998 ------------ ------------- Russel’s secretary?

Near Orpen Dam Thsokwane thin.

Sept 1998 ? Photos 21a, b (Enlarged)

Ian Whyte Near Orpen Dam Sept 1998 ------------ Photos 22a-h

14-09-1998 - Died near Orpen Dam from wounds sustained in a fight with another bull.

No photo

TSENDZE Name: From Tsonga word Tsendzeleka meaning “wander about as person lost in bush country” that probably refers to the many turns the river makes. Area: Small Shawu/Kaleka area Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID Dr WH Lourens Posbus 1470 Baberton 1300

Tsendze riverloop Aug 1995 Letter Slides 1a-f

Johan Marais T junction to Mopani camp

Dec 1996 Letter In other file)

Photos 2a-d

H Aichinger Nshawu dam area Oct 1996 Letter Photo 3a H Aichinger Nshawu No 1 windmill Oct 1997 Letter Photo 4a-c

TSUMANE Name: Named cause often seen near Tsumane windmill Area: Dzombo east/Shingwedzi Characteristics: Exceptionally curving tusks, esp left.

By whom Where When How Photo ID Keith Begg Dzombo East windmill Nov 1993 ? Slides 1a, b Leon du Preez 1km west of Shingwedzi

gate Feb 1993 Letter Photos

2a, b

SHAMARIRI Name: Area: Letaba/Olifants area Characteristics: Straight downward tusks.

By whom Where When How Photo ID WM Lutner PO Box 66348 Broadway 2020

S93 halfway btw Letaba and Olifants

March 1992 Letter Photos 2a, b

Will Bowker PO Box 14741 Centurion 0140

11 km north of Olifants on S93

April 1992 Letter Photos 1a-e

JW Sterk 20 km north of Shingwedzi on tar road

Nov 1992 Letter (In other file)

Photos 3a-d

Keith Begg Near Letaba river on S93 March 1992 Walk in Slides 4a, b

MASORINI Name: named after the Masorini area. Area: Letaba/Phalaborwa road Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID Stuart Bassil Letaba-Phalaborwa road Dec 1992 Letter Photos

1a-d (d not in file)

Harald Sprivak Near Masorini Aug 1994 Letter Photo 2a

MAHLATI Name: Named after the Mahlati windmill. Area: South east of Shingwedzi Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID Keith Begg Tsumane windmill Middle

1991 1 slide? Not

in file. Keith Begg Mahlati windmill Dec 1991 1 slide Keith Begg Mahlati windmill 1992 1 slide

SHISANGANE Name: Area: Satara area Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID Faan Voges Johan Marais S100 near Satara May 1996 ? Broke off his L tusk. Carcass was found by the Nwanedzi ranger in Dec 1996, between the Kumana and Sweni windmills, on the Murhundzuluka spruit. Appeared to be dead for 3 months. Right tusk weighed 50,5 kg and stump of left weighed 27 kg. Bottom molars were both worn completely smooth so it appeared he died form natural causes. Estimated age 60.

HLAMALALA Name: Area: Vlakteplaas Characteristics: Upward curving tusks

By whom Where When How Photo ID ? Pionierdam 2 Photos

UNKNOWN

Name: Mtshende/Sotshangane/Changamire Area: Punda Maria Characteristics:

By whom Where When How Photo ID Chris Paver Near Punda Maria March 2001 Letter 2 Photos

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AND PHELWANE MANFUNYANE Name: Tsonga for “the irritable one”. Named after a former warden of the park, Lou Steyn, who was well known for his quick temper. Area: Shangoni section of the park – upper reaches of the Shingwedzi River, up to the Bububu stream. Characteristics: Large hole on the top right of his head. One of his toes of his left hind foot was splayed to one side so that he left a distinct impression very different from other elephants.

Tusk Weight Lip line Circumference

Length

Left 55 kg 48 cm 251 cm Right 55 kg 48 cm 251 cm Shoulder weight

327 cm

Found dead on 16 November 1983. Had been dead for about 3-4 weeks. Died of natural causes. Approximately 57 years old.

SHINGWEDZI

Name: Tsonga word for “place of ironstone” Area: Norteast of KNP, between the Tshange Hills and the Mozambique border. Characteristics: Left large master tusk, and a right short servant tusk.

Tusk Weight Lip line Circumference

Length

Left 47 kg 207 cm Right 58 kg 264 cm Found dead a short distance from the camp, in January 1981, due to natural causes. He was approx. 56 years old.

KAMBAKU

Name: Tsonga for ‘great tusker’ Area: Area between the Timbavati and Crocodile rivers. Characteristics: he was only ever seen alone – never with a companion.

Tusk Weight Lip line Circumference

Length

Left 63 kg 51 cm 259,5 cm Right 64 kg 52 cm 265 cm Shot by a game ranger in 1985 after he was found with a gunshot wound to his left shoulder, making it difficult to walk. He was approx. 55 years old.

JOAO

Name: Named by Anthony-Hall Martin after Prester John, a legendary priestking of ancient Africa. Area: Along the Shingwedzi river and south of it. Characteristics:

Tusk Weight Lip line Circumference

Length

Left Estimated @ 60 kg 55 cm Estimated @ 266 - 281 cm

Right Estimated @ 55 kg In 1984, Joao broke both tusks of f 20-30 cm from the lip line.

DZOMBO

Name: From “dzombolo” which means “to wait for something that is slow in coming”. Area: Plains of the northern KNP from the Letaba river to Punda Maria. Characteristics:

Tusk Weight Lip line Circumference

Length

Left 56 kg 51 cm 255 cm Right 57 kg 51 cm 237 cm Killed by poachers in October 1983 and was approximately 50 years old.

NDLULAMITHI

Name: Tsonga for “taller than the trees”. Area: Western part of the mopane woodlands which stretches north of the letaba river to Punda Maria. Characteristics: Very large bull - Shoulder height estimated at 345 cm.

Tusk Weight Lip line Circumference

Length

Left 65 kg 48,5 cm 287 cm Right 57 kg 48 cm 273 cm Died in 1985 in the Shangoni area of natural causes. He was approximately 58 years old.

SHAWU

Name: Took his name from the shawu valley, which is a major feature on the plains between Letaba and Shingwedzi. Area: Shawu valley, on the plains between Letaba and Shingwedzi. Characteristics: Left tusk longest tusk on record of a bull in KNP and one of the six longest ever to come out of Africa.

Tusk Weight Lip line Circumference

Length

Left 53 kg 48 cm 317 cm Right 51 kg 48 cm 305,5 cm Died in October 1982. Life size bronze statue by sculptor Danie de Jager at Sun City.

PHELWANE

Name: Named by Anthony Hall-Martin as he saw him for the first time emerging from the Phelwane stream in 1980. Area: Western boundary of KNP, near Orpen gate. Often broke through the game fence into Manyeleti and Timbavati Characteristics: Large bull, 325 cm at the shoulder. Forefoot circumference of 152 cm.

Tusk Weight Lip line Circumference

Length

Left 64 kg 54 cm 257 cm Right 72 kg 56 cm 277 cm Saw the bull on January 1988 that he was in difficulty. He was thin and could hardly walk. A bullet has shattered his jaw and therefore he could not eat. He was put down.

IMAGES ON CD

ELEPHANT SCANNED IMAGES

on CD

FROM IMAGE

1. BAKOOR 3 Keith Begg K Graham

1a, b – two slides 3a – one photo

2. GUMBANDEBVU 2 SAP 1a,b – two photos

3. SHIPANDANI 1 Keith Begg 1a – one slide 4. MBHOLE 2 M Roets 1a, b – two photos

5. SHIMATSI 6 R Meyer M Roets S Bassil

D Smalberger

1a – one photo 3a – one slide

5a, b – two photos 6a, b – two photos

6. MAHUDZI 3 Johan Marais 3 photos 7. GOMONDWANE 2 FW Schenk

D Balfour? 1b – one photo

2a – 1 slide 8. MANDLEVE 11 D Balfour

KD McKinley F Voges

9 slides 1 photo – 1985 1 slide – Young

elephant 9. MLONDOZI (MAFAGALAMBA)

3 Johan Marais 3 photos

10. JOAO 3 Douw Grobler Keith Begg

Johan Marais collection

1a – one slide 1b – one slide

one slide

11. BUBUBU 2 Angela Gaylard

2 photos

12. SPIROWIRI 3 WR Glass R Meyer

3a, b – two photos 4a – one slide

13. MILUWATI 3 S Bassil 1a, b, d – three photos

14. MAZITHE 10 Roland Seitre

C Polich

D Grobler

1a, b, c, e, f – five photos

E25 - E27a – four slides

3a – one slide 15. SHIRAHINI 3 J Marais 1a-c – photos 16. DUKE 11

D Balfour C Walwyn M Roets

H Claasens

T Thomson

One slide 1a – one photo 3a – one photo

5b, c, d, e – four photos

4 photos

17. MUNGANA 2 M Roets M Roets

1a – one photo 3a – one photo

18. SHILOWA 13 JD van Zyl Mrs M Roets M Roumanoff

A Sycholt

J Marais Collection

K Begg

6a, b – two photos 4b, c – two photos 14a – one photo 17a, b, d – three

photos 2 photos

3 slides

19. TSHILONDE 8 P Lambert Ronn Maratea

3a, b – two photos 1a, b, c, e, g, h – six

slides 20. TSHOKWANE 22 D Grobler

G Kock S Whitfield S Whitfield S Whitfield BC Coetzee

J Keller J Marais J Marais JD Long

? Ian Whyte

3 slides 1a,b, c - three

photos 3a – one photo 4a – one photo 5a – one photo 10a – one photo 15a – one photo 16a – one photo

3 photos 19b – one photo

21a, b – two photos 4 photos

21. TSENDZE 13 WH Lourens J Marais J Marais

H Aichinger

5 slides 4 slides

2a – c three photos 4b – one photo

22. TSUMANE 4 K Begg L du Preez

1a, b – two slides 2a, b – two photos

23. MABARULA 4 H Aichinger J Marais

2a – photo 3 digital photos

24. SHAMARIRI 7 JW Sterk W Bowker

K Begg WM Lutwer

3b – d photos 1a – photo

2 slides 2a – photo

25. MASORINI 4 Stuart Bassil H Sprivak

1a, b, c – three photos

2a – one photo 26. MAHLATI 2 Keith Begg 2 slides 27. SHISANGANE 3 JM Collection 3 photos 28. HLAMALALA 3 ? 2 photos 29. PHELWANE 8 ? 8 images from CD

THANKS TO • • •

Kirsty Redman Ian Whyte SANPARKS

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