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 by neighboring countries.[8] Additionally, in 1992, the corridor was designated as the Matshakatini Nature Reserve.[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 an arid to semi-arid climate, with extended dry seasons and shorter wet periods.[10] Its summer temperatures range between a mimimum temperature of 17.4–31 °C (63.3–87.8 °F), with winter temperatures ranging within no less than 10–24 °C (50–75.2 °F).[11] At most, the corridor's annual maximum temperatures have been recorded to range from 38.1 °C (100.6 °F) to 44 °C (111 °F).[12]
The corridor's rainfall has been recorded to be an average of 450 mm (17.7 in) per year.[13] However, studies in 2024 have found a lower amount, ranging from 201–400 mm (7.9–15.7 in), due to the effects ofclimate change in the region.[11] The area has a maximum annual precipitation of 460 mm (18.1 in).[14]
^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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