History of South Africa podcast

231 Episodes

1. Episode 91 – An early history of Port Natal and its treacherous sand bar

   Published: 11/6/2022
2. Episode 90 – Slaves, Somerset and the SA Commercial Advertiser

   Published: 10/30/2022
3. Episode 89 – Shaka’s mojo and the debate about the Mfecane

   Published: 10/23/2022
4. Episode 88 – Somerset’s printing press paranoia and Shaka’s Inkatha power

   Published: 10/16/2022
5. Episode 87 – San poison, the world in 1821 and an MP “hectic spectacle"

   Published: 10/8/2022
6. Episode 86– Somerset vs Donkin and dueling missions

   Published: 10/2/2022
7. Episode 85– Honey birds, leopards, gardens of cattle and a bloody ochre harvest

   Published: 9/24/2022
8. Episode 84 – The 1820 Settlers ramble among Algoa Bay shrubbery

   Published: 9/17/2022
9. Episode 83 – The amakhosikazi sipper of Cobra venom and the 1820 Settlers

   Published: 9/10/2022
10. Episode 82 – Shaka outfoxes Zwide at the Mhlathuze River

    Published: 9/3/2022
11. Episode 81 – Shaka orders ladders, Dingiswayo dies and Mzilikazi emerges

    Published: 8/28/2022
12. Episode 80 – Sambela the Mkhize psychopath and the Zulu cadet system evolves

    Published: 8/21/2022
13. Episode 79 – The Wardoctor is defeated and Willshire does a deal with Hintsa

    Published: 8/14/2022
14. Episode 78 – 10 000 Xhosa warriors led by Makhanda aka Nxele attack Grahamstown

    Published: 8/6/2022
15. Episode 77 – The strange tale of Dr (Ms) James Barry and Makhanda’s War begins

    Published: 7/30/2022
16. Episode 76 – The vicious battle of Amalinde and the messianic force of Makhanda

    Published: 7/24/2022
17. Episode 75 – Lord Charles Somerset reinforces the Fish River then meets the amaXhoseni and misreads Ngqika

    Published: 7/17/2022
18. Episode 74 – The horror story that is Slagter’s Nek of 1816 and its role in Afrikaner nationalism

    Published: 7/9/2022
19. Episode 73 – Shaka overwhelmes the Qwabe and the British upend the trekboer Loan Farm tradition

    Published: 7/3/2022
20. Episode 72 – Shaka flees south over the Thukela River as Zwide’s Ndwandwe expand their raiding

    Published: 6/26/2022