History of South Africa podcast

231 Episodes

1. Episode 71 – Calendars, the lunar month and the Zulu “houses of the sun”

   Published: 6/19/2022
2. Episode 70 – Senzangakhona dies and Shaka takes over as chief of the AmaZulu

   Published: 6/12/2022
3. Episode 69 – Senzangakhona’s “Jerusalem of the Zulus”, his beautiful wife Bhibhi and a bit of Delagoa Bay

   Published: 6/5/2022
4. Episode 68 – Stockenström’s anguish, Dingiswayo and the beginning of the era of blood, power and iron

   Published: 5/29/2022
5. Episode 67 – Wardoctor Nxele begins to see visions as he synthesises amaXhosa religion with Christianity

   Published: 5/22/2022
6. Episode 66 – The Fourth Frontier war bursts into flame, Chungwa is shot and Stockenstrom is assegai'd

   Published: 5/15/2022
7. Episode 65 – Graham launches his terror campaign in the Zuurveld and Chungwa of the Gqunukhwebe is in his sights

   Published: 5/8/2022
8. Episode 64 – The amaXhosa “strolling” days are numbered as Lieutenant-General Sir John Cradock arrives

   Published: 5/1/2022
9. Episode 63 – Shaka’s isicoco regulation, a “she” rebellion and Lieutenant Colonel Collins collects intel

   Published: 4/24/2022
10. Episode 62 – Dingiswayo and Shaka of the amaMthethwa, Ndlambe and Ngqika of the amaRharhabe

    Published: 4/17/2022
11. Episode 61 – British Governor Lord Caledon launches the pass law system in the Cape in 1808

    Published: 4/8/2022
12. Episode 60 – The Battle of Blaauberg in 1806 and an American landdrost takes control of the Eastern Cape

    Published: 4/3/2022
13. Episode 59 – Senzangakhona and his son Shaka, Janssens has a plan and American sailors ogle the eastern Cape

    Published: 3/27/2022
14. Episode 58 – A dilemma of principle as religious freedom and a reformed government are introduced in 1803

    Published: 3/20/2022
15. Episode 57 – The Batavian Republic takes over the Cape in 1803 with a “Methods in dealing with Savages” handbook

    Published: 3/13/2022
16. Episode 56 – The burghers suffer their worst setback since 1652 as the Third Frontier War reignites in 1801

    Published: 3/6/2022
17. Episode 55 – Somerville's 1802 description of the baThlaping and their grand capital at Dithakong

    Published: 2/27/2022
18. Episode 54 – Doctor William Somerville’s extraordinary expedition to the Orange River in 1801

    Published: 2/20/2022
19. Episode 53 – The surge in centralized chiefdoms circa 1800 and the development of an African military system

    Published: 2/13/2022
20. Episode 52 – Christmas 1799 brings a fortuitous Amatola downpour and the intertwining of futures

    Published: 2/6/2022