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Mbilamutondo, the VhaVenda Xylophone
By adminDitsong
/ March 8, 2021
Motsane Getrude Seabela Curator Anthropology, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History...
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Zoonotic diseases and the value of natural history voucher specimens and collaborative research
By Rendani Nevhulaudzi
/ March 8, 2021
Teresa Kearney, Curator Small Mammals, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History (DNMNH) During this COVID-19 pandemic, which is having considerable...
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HAASGAT: THE CLIFFHANGER
By Rendani Nevhulaudzi
/ March 8, 2021
BY LAZARUS KGASI, PALAEONTOLOGY UNIT: DITSONG: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY The Haasgat cave system is a fossil-bearing palaeocave that...
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The Resistance Against December 16: A Historical Reflection
By adminDitsong
/ December 21, 2020
CULTURAL BIOGRAPHY OF A COMMODITY
By adminDitsong
/ December 21, 2020
Julia Roelofse, site curator, DITSONG: Pioneer Museum and Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum A BOTTLE OF LOURENSFORD CHARDONNAY A 750 ml...
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AVATAR – A 2009 SCIENCE FICTION HOLLYWOOD MOVIE THAT HAS HAD MUCH CONTROVERSY OVER THE LAST DECADE.
By adminDitsong
/ December 21, 2020
By Frank Teichert, curator, archaeology and human remains, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Avatar was a large budget Hollywood...
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THE BATTLE OF BLOOD/NCOME RIVER (16 DECEMBER 1838) COMMEMORATION AS A DAY OF RECONCILIATION
By adminDitsong
/ December 13, 2020
David Rilley-Harris Ditsong National Museum of Military History December 2020 The Battle of Blood/Ncome River (16 December 1838) is included...
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EL WAK – 16 DECEMBER 1940
By adminDitsong
/ December 13, 2020
SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST BATTLE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR Including a brief discussion on some of the exhibits in the...
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Prime Minister Louis Botha, the conciliator
By adminDitsong
/ December 13, 2020
A Carelsen, curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Museum collection The DITSONG: National Cultural History Museum houses a fairly...
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18 DECEMBER 1982
By adminDitsong
/ December 13, 2020
18 DECEMBER 1982 The attack on South Africa’s Nuclear Power Station at Koeberg By Richard Henry 18 November 2020 Words: ...
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The Walther P38 pistol
By adminDitsong
/ December 10, 2020
A genuine shooter Jan van den Bos, curator, military collection, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History The Play station and...
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16-inch Armour Piercing Shot
By adminDitsong
/ October 13, 2020
16-inch Armour Piercing Shot On Display at DITSONG: National Museum of Military History From HMS Nelson Date 1941 By...
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THE AREA BOMBING OF GERMANY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
By adminDitsong
/ October 7, 2020
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOMB DAMAGE BY WAR ARTIST GEOFFREY LONG Allan Sinclair DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Introduction Area...
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EVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS: ACCEPTED, TOLERATED OR REJECTED?
By adminDitsong
/ September 29, 2020
Dr Mirriam Tawane, Curator Palaeontology, DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History Evolution became part of the national school curricula in...
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DOLOMITE: THE ROCK THAT SHAPES THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND
By adminDitsong
/ September 29, 2020
Lazarus Kgasi: DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History. A strip of dolomitic limestone caves containing the fossilized remains of ancient...
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COBRA CAVE, THE MEANING
By adminDitsong
/ September 29, 2020
Lazarus Kgasi: DITSONG: National Museum of Natural History South Africa is famous for its richness in hominid discoveries and we...
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The Shona Mbira
By adminDitsong
/ September 25, 2020
By Motsane Getrude Seabela, Curator Anthropology, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Mbira, attached to a gourd resonator (Photograph by...
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TRADITIONAL IRON SMELTING BELLOWS
By adminDitsong
/ September 22, 2020
Motsane Getrude Seabela, Curator: Anthropology, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History Skin-bag bellows, used for blowing air into a fire....
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Kruger House: the legends live on
By adminDitsong
/ September 22, 2020
Mauritz Naudé, DITSONG: National Museum of Cultural History (15/08/2020) Even though museums are normally associated with the collection of movable...
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A Missing Heritage Site
By adminDitsong
/ September 22, 2020
Sandra Naudé, Editor: DITSONG: Museums of South Africa The so-called “Convent Redoubt” stood at the corner of Visagie and Koch...
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