By: Allan Sinclair, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History The military art collection of the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History features a watercolour entitled, HMS Kelvin – D-Day +6 by Francis Flint. This painting is significant as it depicts three

Tinyeko Captain Ndhlovu, Curator: Insignia, Memorial Plaques, Postal History, Indigenous Military History DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Former Finance Minister Dr Tito Titus Mboweni’s life journey was a testament to unwavering dedication and resilience. Born on March 16,1959, in the

By: Teresa Kearney - Curator: Vertebrate Department, Small Mammals, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History (DNMNH) Rousettus aegyptiacus observed in Uganda by Yizhar Amir (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) Volume 25, issue 1 of the Journal Acta Chiropterologica, a scientific journal dedicated to bat

By:  Anzel Veldman-  Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History King Cetshwayo kaMpande (*1826 -1884†) ascended to the throne in 1872, succeeding his father king Mpande, and inheriting the internal and external socio-political pressures that had marked his father’s reign. The Anglo-Zulu

By: Frank Teichert, Curator – DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History When we think of Christmas, certain iconic images come to mind: twinkling lights, decorated trees, and without a doubt, the jolly figure of Santa Claus. However, few people are aware

THE TORCH COMMANDO By: David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) Photograph from a Torch Commando Rally with signs reading “They plan a fascist republic” and “They oppose free unions”.(Picture: www.samilhistory.com/tag/the-torch-commando/page/2/). In 1941, during the Second World War, service members

THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON PRESIDENT PAUL KRUGER by Jan van den Bos, Curator: Weapons: DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History & Jaco Schoonraad, Site Curator: DITSONG: Kruger Museum and DITSONG: Sammy Marks Museum In 1898, the ZAR government bolstered security in front of the Kruger

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