History of South Africa podcast
A podcast by Desmond Latham - Sundays
231 Episodes
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Episode 111 - Harry Smith arrives in panic-stricken Grahamstown in January 1835 and stiffens settler spines
Published: 3/26/2023 -
Episode 110 - Sir Harry Smith, his petite guerriere espagnole Lady Smith and the revenge of the amaXhosa
Published: 3/19/2023 -
Episode 109 - Maqoma’s war begins as the amaXhosa invade the Colony in December 1834
Published: 3/11/2023 -
Episode 108 - Mzilikazi empties the lower Vaal, Sir Benjamin D’Urban arrives and slaves are emancipated
Published: 3/4/2023 -
Episode 107 - Dr Andrew Smith, his mysterious Dingane expedition and a bit of XGaoXna- Knysna
Published: 2/25/2023 -
Episode 106 - Rustling along the Amatolas in 1830 and Dingane’s black liver
Published: 2/19/2023 -
Episode 105 - The Kat River Settlement of 1829 and how Maqoma was evicted
Published: 2/12/2023 -
Episode 104 - Matiwane’s Ngwane massacred at Mbholompo and Hintsa's ama-Bulu
Published: 2/4/2023 -
Episode 103 - Barend Barends battered and the men in black on the frontier
Published: 1/29/2023 -
Episode 102 - Tales of the Trans Vaal and how Magaliesberg got its name
Published: 1/22/2023 -
Episode 101 - Mnkabayi dresses like a man and Dingane drowns his brother
Published: 1/15/2023 -
Episode 100 - Ordinance 50 shock, Dr John’s mission and Wesleyans vs polygamy
Published: 1/7/2023 -
Episode 99 – Shaka assassinated by muddle-headed brothers Dingane and Mhlangana
Published: 1/1/2023 -
Episode 98 – Nandi dies, Zulu diplomats in the Cape & Shaka raids the amaMpondo
Published: 12/25/2022 -
Episode 97 – Shaka shifts South, Mzilikazi raids West and Fynn becomes Zulu
Published: 12/18/2022 -
Episode 96 – A “bipolar” Shaka hunts down and exterminates Sikhunyane’s Ndwandwe
Published: 12/11/2022 -
Episode 95 – Sunset for Somerset and Maqoma eyes guns and horses in 1825
Published: 12/4/2022 -
Episode 94 – White and black ants in Botswana and Eastern Cape secession
Published: 11/27/2022 -
Episode 93 –Shaka survives an assassination attempt and Farewell gets Port Natal
Published: 11/20/2022 -
Episode 92 – The monsters from the sea and a Robben Island convict advises Shaka
Published: 11/13/2022
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.