Kruger National Park in the 1950s explained
1950
Number of annual visitors to the Kruger National Park[1] [2] | Year | Total visitors |
|---|
| 1950 | 71 279 |
| 1954 | 91 106 |
| 1955 | 101 058 |
| 1956 | 105 183 |
| 1957 | 117 187 |
| 1958 | 116 849 |
| 1959 | 135 740 |
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- July - A Zambesi shark, Carcharhinus leucas, was caught at the confluence of the Limpopo and Luvuvhu Rivers.[3]
- November 19 - Ranger Nyokane Shilobane shot dead by poachers near Malelane.[4]
1953
- November – The construction of Orpen rest camp starts. After completion in 1954, it replaced the old Rabelais rest camp and entrance gate.[5]
1957
- December 10 - Major James Stevenson-Hamilton, warden of the Sabi Game Reserve and the Kruger National Park (1902 - 1946), dies at the age of 90 in White River.
1958
- September 22 - Ranger Johannes Maluleke murdered with an axe near Punda Maria. The three poachers responsible were arrested and convicted of murder.[4]
1959
- April - Mahlangeni ranger post, situated at the confluence of the Groot Letaba and Klein Letaba Rivers, opens.[5]
- September 28 – An outbreak of anthrax rapidly spreads throughout the area north of the Letaba River. 101 carcasses, mainly kudu, are found and burnt before the epidemic ends in November 1959.[6]
See also
References
- Bulpin, T.V., Treasury of Travel Series: Kruger National Park, Creda Press, 1974.
- Labuschagne, R.J., 60 years Kruger Park, National Parks Board of Trustees of the Union of South Africa, 1958.
- Pienaar, U. de V., The Freshwater Fishes of the Kruger National Park, Koedoe Vol 11, No 1 (1968)
- Pienaar, U. de V., Neem uit die Verlede, Sigma Pers, 1990.
- Joubert, Salomon, The Kruger National Park: A History Volume I, High Branching, Johannesburg, 2007
- Pienaar . U. de V. . 1960 . 'n Uitbraak van miltsiekte onder wild in die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin 28.9.59 tot 20.11.59.. Koedoe . 3 . 1 . 238–251 . 10.4102/koedoe.v3i1.850. free.
