# Manyeleti Game Reserve > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manyeleti_Game_Reserve > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Manyeleti_Game_Reserve.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyeleti_Game_Reserve > Source revision: 1355282529 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Mpumalanga), South Africa | nearest_city = [Hoedspruit](/source/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](/source/Mpumalanga) province of [South Africa](/source/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](/source/Kruger_National_Park) (without fences), with the [Sabi Sand Game Reserve](/source/Sabi_Sand_Game_Reserve) to its south and the [Timbavati Game Reserve](/source/Timbavati_Game_Reserve) to its northwest. In [Xitsonga](/source/Xitsonga), 'Manyeleti' means "Place of Stars".{{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}}{{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](/source/Bantu_peoples_in_South_Africa), hoping that this arrangement would satisfy black South Africans' aspirations to a Game Reserve of their own. Five hunting ranches were purchased by the Department of Bantu Affairs and opened in 1967. The [Tsonga people](/source/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](/source/Protected_areas_of_South_Africa) == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.manyeleti.com Manyeleti website] *[https://ndzhaka.co.za/ Ndzhaka Tented Camp] {{Authority control}} Category:Nature reserves in South Africa --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Manyeleti Game Reserve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyeleti_Game_Reserve) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyeleti_Game_Reserve?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.