Few men have made so great a contribution to conservation as Magqubu Ntombela. An outstanding game ranger and wilderness guide, he served wildlife conservation from 1914 to 1993 in the game reserves of Zululand. An umZulu of the old tradition, he like many others who remain unrecognized, skillfully interpreted how the landscape has spiritual and practical meaning within people's lives.

HIS MEMORY - Magqubu Ntombela Memorial Foundation

It was in the world of animals, birds, plants, insects and landscape, Zulu traditions and the Shembe religion that Magqubu lived and included other people. The foundation was established by Dr Ian Player in 1995 in order to pay tribute to Magqubu's contribution to wildlife conservation, to honor his memory, to nurture the quality of Africa's young conservationists and restore primal wisdom to its rightful place.