THE SPATIAL ORGANISATION AND LAYOUT OF A ZULU ROYAL IKHANDA/AMAKHANDA MILITARY HOMESTEADS
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
HINKY-DINKY PARLEZ-VOUS: SOME WORLD WAR I SONGS AND TRENCH LINGO
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
A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WHO BECAME A PALAEONTOLOGIST
By: Lazarus Kgasi, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History In the history of South African science, Robert Broom ranks among the most flamboyant and controversial individuals. The tall, eccentric doctor, who was born in Scotland, is most known for
THE FORCE INTERVENTION BRIGADE
By: David Rilley-Harris - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History The Force Intervention Brigade Insignia (Wikipedia). The Great African War (1998-2003) brought about the formation of a UN (United Nations) peacekeeping operation in 1999. It would become the largest ever UN peacekeeping
NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY 2023
This year’s Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July will be celebrated under the theme: “It is in Your Hands.” Nelson Mandela, in addressing the scourge of poverty, suffering and deprivation, said: "It is in your hands to make our world
2023 FIELDWORK AT BOLT’S FARM CAVE SYSTEM
By: Lazarus Kgasi, Junior Curator: DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History The Bolt’s farm team, under the leadership of Dominique Gommery from, Centre National de Recherché Scientifique and Sorbonne University in France, has been meticulously excavating fossils from the Bolt's Farm
THE 8,8CM FLAK 37
By: David Rilley-Harris - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History The Flak 88 on display at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH). On display at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) you will find one example of an
CUBBY HOLES AND WINDY CORNERS: SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADES – THE SOMME, JULY 1916
By: A. Veldman - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Official photograph of the Somme offensive, July to November 1916. The Battle of the Somme, a battle of the First World War (1914-1918) started on Saturday, the 1st of July 1916.
DITSONG Takes a Child to Work – 48hrs on SABC 3
Catch Motsane Getrude Seabela on SABC 3 this Wednesday 28 June 2023 at 16:00. She will be taking a child into the world of Anthropology at DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History. The show will be repeated on Sunday 2 July
OBITUARY: BOB BRAIN
(7 May 1931 - 6 June 2023) By: Lazarus Kgasi & Teresa Kearney, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History As a measure of the many achievements in his life there have been numerous tributes to Dr Charles Kimberlin [Bob] Brain before and