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1950

• July - A Zambesi shark, Carcharhinus leucas, was caught at the confluence of the Limpopo and Luvuvhu Rivers.
• November 19 - Ranger Nyokane Shilobane shot dead by poachers near Malelane.

1953

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

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

References

1. Bulpin, T.V., Treasury of Travel Series: Kruger National Park, Creda Press, 1974.
2. Labuschagne, R.J., 60 years Kruger Park, National Parks Board of Trustees of the Union of South Africa, 1958.
3. Pienaar, U. de V., The Freshwater Fishes of the Kruger National Park, Koedoe Vol 11, No 1 (1968)
4. ^ Pienaar, U. de V., Neem uit die Verlede, Sigma Pers, 1990.
5. ^ Joubert, Salomon, The Kruger National Park: A History Volume I, High Branching, Johannesburg, 2007
6. 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.

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