History of South Africa podcast

231 Episodes

1. Episode 151 - The polymath Sir John Herschel, his free school system and other 1840 interconnections

   Published: 12/31/2023
2. Episode 150 - Dingana assassinated near Ghost Mountain and the cultural appropriation tale of the toyi-toyi

   Published: 12/24/2023
3. Episode 149 - Mpande defeats Dingana at the Battle of amaQongqo and Bhibhi the beautiful is killed

   Published: 12/17/2023
4. Episode 148 - The AmaZulu routed by amaSwazi Widow Bird warriors and Mpande’s exodus

   Published: 12/7/2023
5. Episode 147 - Coloured enters the lexicon in 1838 as Captain Jervis reports his coal find

   Published: 12/3/2023
6. Episode 146 - The Battle of oPathe where Bhongoza and Hans Dons earn oral history stripes

   Published: 11/26/2023
7. Episode 145 - The seminal Battle on the Ncome known as Blood River

   Published: 11/18/2023
8. Episode 144 - Mpande evades Dingane’s assassination plot, the British seize Durban and Pretorius plans a covenant

   Published: 11/11/2023
9. Episode 143 - The World in 1838, New Veld Tech and Plough Enhancements

   Published: 11/5/2023
10. Episode 142 - Moshoeshoe the beard-shearer and the complex theological soup of the BaSotho

    Published: 10/29/2023
11. Episode 141 — An ode to the Orange River and San spoor blows in the wind

    Published: 10/21/2023
12. Episode 140 - High Noon at Gatslaager & Mzilikazi barges into the Batswana

    Published: 10/15/2023
13. Episode 139 - The Battle of Thukela/Dlokweni, Durban is sacked and the Republiek Natalia proclaimed

    Published: 10/7/2023
14. Episode 138 - The yin and yang of Stretch and Bowker and the Grand Army of Natal marches again

    Published: 9/30/2023
15. Episode 137 - The Vlugkommando of April 1838 and a hard rain continues to fall

    Published: 9/23/2023
16. Episode 136 - The place of weeping earns its name and the“Grand Army of Natal” marches off

    Published: 9/17/2023
17. Episode 135 - The Zulu army overruns the Voortrekkers along the Bloukrans and Bushman’s River

    Published: 9/9/2023
18. Episode 134 - Lightning kills 12 Boer horses then the wizards die

    Published: 9/3/2023
19. Episode 133 - Umkhandlu long thumb nails and tales of ill-gotten grain

    Published: 8/26/2023
20. Episode 132 - Piet Retief rides into Natal and land is on the agenda

    Published: 8/20/2023