Kruger National Park in the 1950s

1950[edit]

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]

November – The construction of Orpen rest camp starts. After completion in 1954, it replaced the old Rabelais rest camp and entrance gate.^[5]

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.

September 22 - Ranger Johannes Maluleke murdered with an axe near Punda Maria. The three poachers responsible were arrested and convicted of murder.^[4]

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]

^ 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)
^ ^a ^b Pienaar, U. de V., Neem uit die Verlede, Sigma Pers, 1990.
^ ^a ^b 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. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v3i1.850.