MASSOSPONDYLUS
By Heidi Fourie: Curator: DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Massospondylus is a prosauropod dinosaur, a group of saurischian dinosaurs with lizard hips. It lived during the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic. It stood 4 m tall with an unusually small
SOLIFUGES: THE ULTIMATE SUPERHERO
By Tharina Bird, Curator General Entomology DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History I asked a friend what she knows about solifuges. Her answer: “Apart from them being repulsive, nothing.” Unfortunately, this would be the answer from most – that is, from those
EL WAK – 16 DECEMBER 1940
Today in South Africa the 16 December is called the Day of Reconciliation. A day where black and white come together and put aside their past differences. Why was 16 December chosen for reconciliation?