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
MODEL OF THE MINESWEEPER HMSAS SOUTHERN BARRIER
By: Allan Sinclair – DITSONG: National Museum of Military History A scale model of the South African auxiliary minesweeping whaler, HMSAS Southern Barrier, is displayed at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH). The significance of this model is that
DULCIE SEPTEMBER
By David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH). One woman who wanted to be a school teacher in 1950s South Africa would find herself in the late 1980s, the sole agent on the verge of breaking an international
AFRICAN INDEGINOUS BELIEFS, SECRET RITUAL PERFOMANCES AND CULTURAL PRACTICES DURING WARFARE
By: Abraham Mohale, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Limited Nature of Early Tribal Warfare Warfare was a low-intensity conflict among the black tribes or the so called “Bantu” prior to the rise of King Shaka (Zulu Kingdom), Moshoeshoe (Lesotho)
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
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.
South Africa’s Second World War Victoria Cross Heroes
The Victoria Cross, which is the highest British military order for bravery in the face of the enemy, was instituted in 1856 by Queen Victoria.
SIDI REZEGH: IMAGES OF DEATH AND HORROR
During the First World War (1914 – 1918), most nations that participated went to great lengths to record the activities of their soldiers.