{{more citations needed|date=November 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use South African English|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox park | name = Manyeleti Game Reserve | other_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | map_label = | map_label_position = | relief = | mark = | coordinates = {{coord|24|37.316|S|31|27.3|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | type = Game reserve | location = Mpumalanga, South Africa | nearest_city = Hoedspruit | area = {{convert|22750|ha|acre}} | elevation = | created = 1967 | founder = | designer = | etymology = | motto = | operator = Mpumalanga Provincial Government | budget = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | visitation_ref = | status = | awards = | open = All year | camp_sites = | hiking_trails = | parking = | public_transit = | plants = | species = | collections = | designation = | disturbance = | other_info = | website = {{ URL | https://www.manyeleti.com/index.php }} | embedded = | embed = | designation1 = | designation1_offname = | designation1_date = | designation1_number = }}
The '''Manyeleti Game Reserve''' is situated in the east of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The game reserve is managed by the Mpumalanga Provincial Government and is over 22,750 ha in area.
== Location == Manyeleti lies directly adjacent to the Kruger National Park (without fences), with the Sabi Sand Game Reserve to its south and the Timbavati Game Reserve to its northwest. In Xitsonga, 'Manyeleti' means "Place of Stars".<ref name="Ill01">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/illustratedguide0000unse_d6x7 |title=Illustrated guide to Southern Africa |date=1980 |editor=Vic Mayhew |place=Cape Town |publisher=Reader's Digest Association South Africa in association with T.V. Bulpin |isbn=978-0-620-04650-3}}</ref>{{rp|269}} During the night, the skyline of Manyeleti is dominated by billions of bright stars, hence the name.
== Political history == During the Apartheid years, the central government designated Manyeleti as a game reserve for exclusive use by the Bantu's of the country, hoping that this arrangement would satisfy black South Africans' aspirations to a Game Reserve of their own.<ref name=Ill01/> Five hunting ranches were purchased by the Department of Bantu Affairs and opened in 1967.<ref name=Ill01/>
The Tsonga people, who occupied the land before colonization, were given visiting rights to this area. Currently{{when|date=August 2020}} the Tsonga tribe under the leadership of the Mnisi and Mathebula tribes are in a process of reclaiming the land from which they were forcibly removed.{{Citation needed|reason=article appears to have no citations|date=August 2020}}
== See also == * Protected areas of South Africa
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==External links== *[https://www.manyeleti.com Manyeleti website] *[https://ndzhaka.co.za/ Ndzhaka Tented Camp]
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Category:Nature reserves in South Africa