By: David Rilley-Harris - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH)   The conflict area within the Democratic Republic of Congo (www.berejst.dk/389/Goma.htm). The end of the Great African War (1998-2003) did not end conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

By:  Anzel Veldman- Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   A watercolour sketch of a wounded man at the Battle of Waterloo by Sir Charles Bell, a military surgeon who recorded wounded men on the warfront between 1809–1815.   During the 17th and

By: Anzel Veldman - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   War has been a constant presence in human history and as such rewards have been bestowed upon deeds of valour and martial daring. War medals have a long and storied

By: Allan Sinclair - DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   Introduction   For centuries it has been the tradition throughout the world to depict war and battle scenes in art. During the 19th century, war art was recognised as a genre and war

By: Abraham Mohale - Junior Curator, Communication, Sighting and Survey, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   Figure 1, WW 1- A surveyor on the battlefield.   Introduction   In the 18TH century modern techniques and instruments for surveying emerged. A British mathematician, astronomical and scientific

By: Tinyeko Captain Ndhlovu, Curator: Insignia, Memorial Plaques, Postal History, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   This article focuses on the description of the spatial organisation and layout of Zulu military homesteads, known as Royal ikhanda (head)/amakhanda (heads), which were introduced

By: Anzel Veldman - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   In the muddy, bloody, and hellish battlefields of World War I (1914-1918), soldiers developed a unique language and songs that reflected the harsh realities of their daily lives in the