East Shangana

In the dry country of the Changane basin, seasonal wetlands interrupt a landscape of grassland and woodland. The Changane rises near the Zimbabwe border and flows south towards the Limpopo; for long periods it carries little or no water. In the early nineteenth century Soshangane founded the Gaza kingdom in the wider Limpopo country. His followers moved into a region already inhabited by Tsonga communities, and his residence stood in the lower Limpopo valley from 1827 to 1834.