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The Kruger National Park in the 1970s
Events
[edit]1970
[edit]- January 18 – A crocodile catches an employee of the Skukuza Post Office, Marius Meyer, at a popular Sabie River fishing spot close to Skukuza Rest Camp.[1]
- March 13 – The chief biologist, Dr U. de V. Pienaar, succeeds A.M. Brynard as Nature Conservator.
- July 10 – A train accident kills 19 buffaloes near Bume, south of Skukuza.[2]
1971
[edit]- May 17 – Black rhinos re-introduced to the Park. The species became extinct in the Park during the 1940s.
1972
[edit]- February 1 – Commercial Airways commences a daily air service from Johannesburg's Rand Airport to Skukuza.[3]
1973
[edit]- March 21 – The Paul Kruger Entrance Gate near Skukuza opens for tourist traffic.
- June – Construction of the Kanniedood Dam near Shingwedzi starts.
- October 23 – Scientists discover a new frog species, the knocking sand frog (Tomopterna krugerensis) around the Machayi and Mathlakuza Pans near Pafuri.[4]
1974
[edit]- December – Park authorities re-introduce carnivore control in selected areas.
1975
[edit]1976
[edit]- March – The new Frelimo government in Mozambique closes the Pafuri border post.[2]
1977
[edit]1978
[edit]- July 3 – The first wilderness trail, the Wolhuter Trail near Malelane Camp, opens.[5]
1979
[edit]- August 13 – A group of 8 yellow-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus) seen north of Shingwedzi Rest Camp. This was the first sighting of this species in South Africa after extinction due to the 1896 rinderpest epidemic.[6]
- November 19 – The second wilderness trail, the Olifants Trail, opens.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Paynter, David, Die Krugerwildtuin in Woord en Beeld, MacMillan Suid-Afrika, Johannesburg, 1986.
- ^ a b Pienaar, U de V., Neem uit die Verlede, Sigma Pers, Pretoria, 1990.
- ^ "Daily Air-service to Kruger National Park". CUSTOS. 1 (4): p.23. March 1972.
{{cite journal}}:|page=has extra text (help) - ^ Die Paddas van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. Pienaar, Passmore & Carruthers. Sigma Pers, 1976
- ^ Schreiber, Arrie (October 1988). "Ten years of trails in the Kruger National Park". CUSTOS. 17 (7): 20-23.
- ^ Hall-Martin, Anthony (May 1986). "Return of the Chimurenga Bird". CUSTOS. 15 (2): 32-34.
- ^ Schreiber, Arrie (October 1988). "Ten years of trails in the Kruger National Park". CUSTOS. 17 (7): 20-23.