Kruger National Park in the 1950s

This article outlines a timeline of major events occurring within South Africa's Kruger National Park from 1950 to 1959.

1950 +Number of annual visitors to the Kruger National ParkBulpin, 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. Year Total visitors 1950 71 279 1954 91 106 1955 101 058 1956 105 183 1957 117 187 1958 116 849 1959 135 740

July - A Zambesi shark, Carcharhinus leucas, was caught at the confluence of the Limpopo and Luvuvhu Rivers.Pienaar, U. de V., The Freshwater Fishes of the Kruger National Park, Koedoe Vol 11, No 1 (1968) November 19 - Ranger Nyokane Shilobane shot dead by poachers near Malelane.Pienaar, U. de V., Neem uit die Verlede, Sigma Pers, 1990.

1953 November – The construction of Orpen rest camp starts. After completion in 1954, it replaced the old Rabelais rest camp and entrance gate.Joubert, Salomon, The Kruger National Park: A History Volume I, High Branching, Johannesburg, 2007

1954 October 4 - Prince Bernhard, Prince Consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, visits the Park for three days.

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.

1959 April - Mahlangeni ranger post, situated at the confluence of the Groot Letaba and Klein Letaba Rivers, opens. 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.

See also History of the Kruger National Park The Kruger National Park in the 1960s The Kruger National Park in the 1970s The Kruger National Park in the 1980s

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