How Cooperation Secured the Future of South Africa’s Smallest Free-Roaming Elephant Herd

 

(Posted 05th January 2026)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

Brent Lindeque, Good Things Guy (South Africa)
For more than a decade, a small elephant herd in KwaZulu-Natal has been walking a thin line between freedom and danger. Their story has been complicated, emotional and, at times, deeply uncertain. Recently, it took a hopeful turn that shows what can happen when collaboration replaces conflict. The greater Mawana/Loziba elephants are South Africa’s smallest isolated free-roaming elephant population. For years, they roamed across northern KwaZulu-Natal. Balice, but out of proximity.
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