In the 19th century, local residents began to encounter other groups of people in Africa, mainly commercial hunters. For a time, the hunters and settlers were able to coexist through trades of ivory and skin. However, these relations began to deteriorate with the increase ofsport hunting and the introduction of land policies in the late 1890s.[5]
In 1969, The base was established after the forced removal of villages in the area.[7] During this time, the base served under theSouth African Defence Force as one of the country's protective barriers from attacks in neighboring countries.[8] Additionally, in 1992, the corridor established the Matshakatini Nature Reserve, sharing borders with the area.[9]
Beginning in 1994, at the end of South Africa'sapartheid government, actions were taken to move relocated villages back to the corridor.[citation needed]
The Madimbo Corridor experiences anarid tosemi-arid climate, with extended dry seasons and shorter wet periods.[10] Its annual maximum temperatures range from 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) to 44 °C (111 °F).[11] Its annual rainfall averages to 450 mm (18 in) per year,[12] with maximum precipitation of 460 mm (18 in) annually.[13]
^Whande 2007, p. 9: "The northernmost section of the municipality comprises the Madimbo corridor (or Matshakatini Nature Reserve), incorporating approximately 45 000 hectares of land."
^Whande 2007, pp. 7–8: "In 1969, local villages along the Limpopo River were forcibly moved to make way for the military occupation of a strip of land in the northernmost part of South Africa."
^Whande 2009, pp. 90: "By the 1970s, the Madimbo corridor and Pafuri triangle were cleared of people with Pafuri being incorporated into the KNP and the corridor occupied by the then South Africa Defence Force (SADF)."
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