THE BL 60-pr MEDIUM GUN
By: Michael Tobolo, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History INTRODUCTION Despite the critical and decisive role that artillery played in the great wars and that it dominated the battlefields, the history of artillery during most conflicts has been neglected. Its
THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 IN THE ARMY
By: Mpho Khalo: Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Introduction Coronaviruses are a group of viruses belonging to the family of Coronaviridae, infecting animals and humans. On 31 December 2019, Covid-19 was reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO), and
THE MAASAI
By: David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) More than one million Maasai people live in a region on the east coast of Africa, which encompasses Central and Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Their traditional Nilotic language is
SECOND WORLD WAR/WWII 1939-45: SOUTH AFRICAN COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE OF REMEMBRANCE
By: Tinyeko Captain Ndhlovu, Curator: Insignia, Memorial Plaques, Postal History, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History INTRODUCTION Around twelve thousand servicemen and women of the Union Defence Force (UDF) lost their lives during the Second World War/WWII (1939-45). In honour of these
MODEL OF THE MINESWEEPER HMSAS SOUTHERN BARRIER
By: Allan Sinclair – DITSONG: National Museum of Military History A scale model of the South African auxiliary minesweeping whaler, HMSAS Southern Barrier, is displayed at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH). The significance of this model is that
DULCIE SEPTEMBER
By David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH). One woman who wanted to be a school teacher in 1950s South Africa would find herself in the late 1980s, the sole agent on the verge of breaking an international
