THE MOZAMBIQUE INSURGENCY
By: David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) Since October 2017, Mozambique has been struggling with an insurgency in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. For several years insurgents have been terrorising and killing civilians. Insurgents have also
WAR CRIMES, WARLORDS
WAR CRIMES, WARLORDS Abraham Mohale, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History United States of America President, Joe Biden, recently referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal for invading and attacking Ukraine and that did not sit well
The British Military Units & Traditions Associated with The Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
By: Allan Sinclair – DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Introduction The television broadcast of the funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, held on Monday 19 September 2022, was viewed by millions of people all around the world. Many witnessed
AT ALL COSTS SHORT PLAY – PETER TERRY
This December at the Museum of Military History. A SHORT PLAY ABOUT - THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD In this 45-minute performance, veteran actor Peter Terry plays the fictional character of David Wells, who fought and was wounded at the Battle of
The First & The Last Chief Commanders of Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA), Military Wing of The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC), 1960-90s.
By: Tinyeko Captain Ndhlovu, Curator: Insignia, Memorial Plaques, Postal History, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Introduction APLA formerly known as Poqo was the underground military wing of the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) of Azania, launched after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960. It
GERALD BULL
By: David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) Gerald Bull was a Canadian gun engineer who is considered to be the most advanced large gun engineer the world has ever known. By the time of his death in
SECOND WORLD WAR/WWII 1939-45: SOUTH AFRICAN COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE OF REMEMBRANCE
By: Tinyeko Captain Ndhlovu, Curator: Insignia, Memorial Plaques, Postal History, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History INTRODUCTION Around twelve thousand servicemen and women of the Union Defence Force (UDF) lost their lives during the Second World War/WWII (1939-45). In honour of these
ANC INTELLIGENCE COMMUNICATION – FROM LONDON TO LUSAKA – RADIO FREEDOM
By: Abraham Mohale, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History I grew up in the black township of Ga-Rankuwa, situated around Pretoria North, in the 1980s. My late father Harry Mohale, used to be a political activist and a member
International Workers’ Day (1 May) and Victory Day (9 May) in Russia
In 1889, a meeting of the Marxist International Socialist Congress chose 1 May as the date to commemorate the Haymarket Massacre (4 May 1886) where police in Chicago, USA, fired on and killed protestors who were demanding an eight-hour work
