Mahlometela Running out of Space!
“In September 1950 elephants began breaking out over the Crocodile River and causing damage to European farms.”
<< Ralf Kalwa is an Ecological Consultant at Malelane, a position he has held since December 2001. He established Rhengu Environmental Services in the Malelane area and is trails leader for the Lebombo Eco Trail. Prior to holding this position, Ralf was Manager: IEM: Kruger National Park from 2000-2001 and Senior Section Ranger: Kruger National Park from 1994-2000. “Every ranger in Kruger gets a Shangaan name, given to him by his staff and fellow field rangers,” says Ralf. “Mine is Mahlometela … the man who sees everything.”
When the first warden of the Kruger National Park, Stevenson Hamilton, gathered his thoughts in the early and put pen to paper for his annual report on the status of the ecology and species of this special place he said he was taking control of the poaching in the area and that there were some 12 elephants in the reserve. I am not quite sure how he got to
