231 Episodes

  1. Episode 11 – Jan van Riebeeck sets up the Tavern of the Seas and the amaXhosa/Khoekhoe relationship develops

    Published: 4/25/2021
  2. Episode 10 – Coree the Khoekhoe learns English and Jan van Riebeeck the surgeon is dispatched to the Cape.

    Published: 4/18/2021
  3. Episode 9 –KhoeKhoe power networks and the Dutch create the VOC charter company

    Published: 4/11/2021
  4. Episode 8 - The San art of the Apocalypse, a Dutch maritime revolution and Sir Francis Drake lauds the ‘fairest Cape’

    Published: 4/4/2021
  5. Episode 7 – Vasco de Gama reports African dogs also bark and the demise of Great Zimbabwe

    Published: 3/28/2021
  6. Episode 6 - Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, the first Sotho/Tswana and Nguni and a bit of Bartolomeu Dias

    Published: 3/20/2021
  7. Episode 5 - The Mapungubwe empire emerges from Indian Ocean trade networks in southern Africa

    Published: 3/14/2021
  8. Episode 4 - Pottery and ivory trade between 250AD and 1000AD as farmers fan out over the coastal lowlands

    Published: 3/7/2021
  9. Episode 3 – 6000 year-old hunter-gatherer ochre and the first Bantu farmers arrive in Southern Africa

    Published: 2/28/2021
  10. Episode 2 - A scenic swoop through Southern Africa and the ice-age that almost caused human extinction

    Published: 2/21/2021
  11. A Geology excursion and Southern African pre-history – wealth hidden in ancient rocks

    Published: 2/14/2021

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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.