231 Episodes

  1. Episode 31 – Trade increases between Delagoa Bay and the Tswana and the Dutch Reformed Church makes its mark in the Cape

    Published: 9/10/2021
  2. Episode 30 – Shipwrecked women and their Xhosa clan, the art of making amasi and the amatakati

    Published: 9/5/2021
  3. Episode 29 – Murder, massacre and pacification of the Roodezand Khoi while settler rebel Barbier meets a grisly end.

    Published: 8/29/2021
  4. Episode 28 – The Bushman War of 1739 and the role of French outlaw Estienne Barbier

    Published: 8/22/2021
  5. Episode 27 – The slaughtering in the Sandveld and the causes of the 1739 frontier war

    Published: 8/15/2021
  6. Episode 26 – The Boers begin expanding across the Cape frontier

    Published: 8/8/2021
  7. Episode 25 – The Xhosa social system and the TrekBoer Economy is born

    Published: 8/1/2021
  8. Episode 24 – The foundation of the Xhosa Kingdom, Tshawe, Phalo, Gcaleka and Rharhabe.

    Published: 7/25/2021
  9. Episode 23 – A trip through ancient Xhosaland

    Published: 7/18/2021
  10. Episode 22 – Islam at the Cape, Adam Tas vs the Governor and a radical new land policy

    Published: 7/11/2021
  11. Episode 21 – The Nguni move west, maize arrives and smallpox eviscerates the Cape

    Published: 7/4/2021
  12. Episode 20 – The breakdown of Khoekhoe society in the Cape, corruption and miscegenation

    Published: 6/27/2021
  13. Episode 19 – The French Huguenots arrive in 1688 while to the north the Xhosa deal with shipwrecked European sailors

    Published: 6/20/2021
  14. Episode 18 – Early days of coloured single-parent Simon van der Stel and the first Venda miners appear

    Published: 6/13/2021
  15. Episode 17 – The second Khoe-Dutch war of 1673-1677 and the Cape begins to develop a cosmopolitan nature

    Published: 6/6/2021
  16. Episode 16 – Krotoa aka Eva and the Khoekhoe disputes of the 1660s

    Published: 5/30/2021
  17. Episode 15 – The first Khoe-Dutch war of 1659-60, van Riebeeck lays out a mini-frontier and horses in the Cape.

    Published: 5/23/2021
  18. Episode 14 – The first settlers begin farming on Khoekhoe grazing land, Doman plans an uprising and slaves in the Cape.

    Published: 5/16/2021
  19. Episode 13 – Harry the Strandloper makes off with the Dutch herd and van Riebeeck orders a new garden at Rondebosch

    Published: 5/9/2021
  20. Episode 12 – Jan van Riebeeck’s refreshment station Khoekhoe blues

    Published: 5/2/2021

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A series that seeks to tell the story of the South Africa in some depth. Presented by experienced broadcaster/podcaster Des Latham and updated weekly, the episodes will take a listener through the various epochs that have made up the story of South Africa.