History of South Africa podcast
A podcast by Desmond Latham - Sundays
231 Episodes
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Episode 11 – Jan van Riebeeck sets up the Tavern of the Seas and the amaXhosa/Khoekhoe relationship develops
Published: 4/25/2021 -
Episode 10 – Coree the Khoekhoe learns English and Jan van Riebeeck the surgeon is dispatched to the Cape.
Published: 4/18/2021 -
Episode 9 –KhoeKhoe power networks and the Dutch create the VOC charter company
Published: 4/11/2021 -
Episode 8 - The San art of the Apocalypse, a Dutch maritime revolution and Sir Francis Drake lauds the ‘fairest Cape’
Published: 4/4/2021 -
Episode 7 – Vasco de Gama reports African dogs also bark and the demise of Great Zimbabwe
Published: 3/28/2021 -
Episode 6 - Mapungubwe, Great Zimbabwe, the first Sotho/Tswana and Nguni and a bit of Bartolomeu Dias
Published: 3/20/2021 -
Episode 5 - The Mapungubwe empire emerges from Indian Ocean trade networks in southern Africa
Published: 3/14/2021 -
Episode 4 - Pottery and ivory trade between 250AD and 1000AD as farmers fan out over the coastal lowlands
Published: 3/7/2021 -
Episode 3 – 6000 year-old hunter-gatherer ochre and the first Bantu farmers arrive in Southern Africa
Published: 2/28/2021 -
Episode 2 - A scenic swoop through Southern Africa and the ice-age that almost caused human extinction
Published: 2/21/2021 -
A Geology excursion and Southern African pre-history – wealth hidden in ancient rocks
Published: 2/14/2021
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.