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In 1867 Boer commandos assisted the Zulu king Dinizulu to defeat his enemy Zebhephum in the MKuze region. In exchange for this mercenary service, Dinizulu allocated farms to the Boer settlers on the condition that they allow families on the land to continue with subsistence farming, cattle grazing and the cropping of small fields.

When Kwazulu Private Game Reserve acquired this land in Northern Kwazulu Natal, it also accepted this historic reality as well as South African land reform legislation. The property owner appointed consultants to facilitate the relocation of sixty-four extended families living on the property to alternative land outside the boundaries of the reserve. This process ensured that all existing rights of the tenant families were identified and entrenched on the alternative land. The affected communities benefitted as a result of their partnership with the Kwazulu Private Game Reserve. Members of the communities have been trained and are employed at the KwaZulu Private Game Reserve, a school has been built and health care facilities implemented.

Masihambisane (We Walk Together), an social development project, was initiated by the Kwazulu Private Game Reserve.