FREEDOM DAY 2023
This year we celebrate Freedom Month under the theme: “Consolidating and Safeguarding Democratic Gains”. On 27 April 2023, President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the Freedom Day commemoration, in the North West Province in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality. The 27th
DITSONG: Museums of South Africa.Best Museum in the 2022 Pretoria News Readers’ Choice Competition
We are pleased to announce that DITSONG: Museums of South Africa was once again voted Best Museum in the 2022 Pretoria News Readers’ Choice Competition. Thank you all for making DMSA great!
HUMAN RIGHTS MONTH 2023
Join us as we commemorate Human Rights Month throughout the month of March. • Human Rights Month is an opportunity to remember and honour those who made it possible for us to achieve freedom and democracy. • This includes the courageous men
MINISTER ZIZI KODWA IS NEW EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY oF DEPARTMENT OF SPORT, ARTS AND CULTURE.
DEPARTMENT OF SPORT, ARTS AND CULTURE WELCOMES THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF MINISTER ZIZI KODWA AS ITS NEW EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY The announcement was made last night by President Cyril Ramaphosa as he introduced changes to his current Cabinet. Minister Zizi Kodwa takes over
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
DIGITISATION – IS DITSONG MUSEUMS OF SOUTH AFRICA READY FOR THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?
Digitisation has been a thoroughly researched and broadly discussed issue not only amongst South African academics, archivists and library specialists, but it has been debated both technologically and philosophically throughout institutions in Africa, as a continent and internationally.
The Surrender Of the Tobruk Garisson June 1942
June is an important month in South Africa’s history owing to the 16 June 1976 protests initiated by the students of Soweto against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of education.
Japanese Tachi
In testament to the quality of Japanese sword production, our Tachi was still in use during the Second World War when it was surrendered by a Japanese officer.
THE SA DAGGER
The SA dagger was the service dagger of the Sturmabteilung (Storm Detachment) formed under Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm’s authority in 1921.
