2000
Nkomo Primary School in Mnqobokazi is supported with the construction of the first classrooms
2001
Zuka Private Game reserve is established
The first aerial game counts are undertaken with helicopters on the Munywana Conservancy
2002
The Panthera Munywana Leopard Research Project commences, spanning ten years
Khulani Special School, Mduku is formalised as a key community development partnership project
The first group of school children attend environmental education lessons and a bush experience at Inkwazi Camp
2003
2 male lions (brothers) from Pilanesberg National Park are introduced to avoid inbreeding
37 elephants are sold to 4 South African Game Reserves
3 older male elephant bulls – born in 1963, 1968 and 1975 – are introduced from the Sabi-Sands
The Community Development Centre, Mduku is constructed to support local businesses
2004
The first lioness is chemically contracepted using Suprelorin as part of population management strategy
andBeyond Zuka Lodge opens
Zuka Private Game Reserve joins Munywana Conservancy adding an additional 3,300 hectares (8,154 acres) of land to the contiguous protected landscape
Mbhedula Craft Market is opened in Makhasa Community
The first field trial of a laparoscopic sterilization technique within a free ranging elephant population is tested on Phinda, resulting in the sterlisation of two elephant cows. A surgical veterinarian team from Disney’s Animal Kingdom, USA, Catchco wildlife specialists and Phinda management partner in the project.
Mbhedula Craft Market is opened in Makhasa Community
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Leah Tutu become patrons of Africa Foundation (now Wild Impact)
2 male white rhinos are translocated from Munywana where to??**
15 black rhino are introduced through the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project**
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2005
8 Klipspringers are introduced from the Eastern Cape
The first black rhino calf is born in the Munywana
2006
2 male and 6 female serval are received from Moholoholo Rehabilitation Center, and held in bomas before release
Classrooms are constructed at Ubuhlebuvele Primary School, KwaMnqobokazi, and an administration block at Mdolomba Jr Secondry School, KwaNgwenya
3 black rhinos are introduced into the Sutton area of Munywana
2007
The restitution of 9,032 hectares (22 318 acres) of land takes place. The ancestral owners – the Makhasa and Mnqobokazi communities – both request the land remain dedicated to conservation. The Makhasa Community Trust, representing both communities, becomes a primary member of the Munywana Conservancy**
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2008
The Sutton property is purchased by Zuka Private Game Reserve, adding 2,099 hectares (5,187 acres) to the Munywana Conservancy
The Nkomo Primary School after-care centre for orphaned and vulnerable children is established in KwaMnqobokazi
andBeyond Phinda Homestead open
2009
The Bischoff fences are dropped after equalization
Two male lions are introduced from Tswalu, while 11 lions are translocated to Mozambique where exactly? The first giraffe is caught and translocated where? And 100 rock hyraxes are released on the rocky outcrops in Zuka and Phinda**
A new wing is added to expand the Mduku Clinic, KwaMakhasa