History of South Africa podcast

231 Episodes

1. Episode 31 – Trade increases between Delagoa Bay and the Tswana and the Dutch Reformed Church makes its mark in the Cape

   Published: 10/09/2021
2. Episode 30 – Shipwrecked women and their Xhosa clan, the art of making amasi and the amatakati

   Published: 05/09/2021
3. Episode 29 – Murder, massacre and pacification of the Roodezand Khoi while settler rebel Barbier meets a grisly end.

   Published: 29/08/2021
4. Episode 28 – The Bushman War of 1739 and the role of French outlaw Estienne Barbier

   Published: 22/08/2021
5. Episode 27 – The slaughtering in the Sandveld and the causes of the 1739 frontier war

   Published: 15/08/2021
6. Episode 26 – The Boers begin expanding across the Cape frontier

   Published: 08/08/2021
7. Episode 25 – The Xhosa social system and the TrekBoer Economy is born

   Published: 01/08/2021
8. Episode 24 – The foundation of the Xhosa Kingdom, Tshawe, Phalo, Gcaleka and Rharhabe.

   Published: 25/07/2021
9. Episode 23 – A trip through ancient Xhosaland

   Published: 18/07/2021
10. Episode 22 – Islam at the Cape, Adam Tas vs the Governor and a radical new land policy

    Published: 11/07/2021
11. Episode 21 – The Nguni move west, maize arrives and smallpox eviscerates the Cape

    Published: 04/07/2021
12. Episode 20 – The breakdown of Khoekhoe society in the Cape, corruption and miscegenation

    Published: 27/06/2021
13. Episode 19 – The French Huguenots arrive in 1688 while to the north the Xhosa deal with shipwrecked European sailors

    Published: 20/06/2021
14. Episode 18 – Early days of coloured single-parent Simon van der Stel and the first Venda miners appear

    Published: 13/06/2021
15. Episode 17 – The second Khoe-Dutch war of 1673-1677 and the Cape begins to develop a cosmopolitan nature

    Published: 06/06/2021
16. Episode 16 – Krotoa aka Eva and the Khoekhoe disputes of the 1660s

    Published: 30/05/2021
17. Episode 15 – The first Khoe-Dutch war of 1659-60, van Riebeeck lays out a mini-frontier and horses in the Cape.

    Published: 23/05/2021
18. Episode 14 – The first settlers begin farming on Khoekhoe grazing land, Doman plans an uprising and slaves in the Cape.

    Published: 16/05/2021
19. Episode 13 – Harry the Strandloper makes off with the Dutch herd and van Riebeeck orders a new garden at Rondebosch

    Published: 09/05/2021
20. Episode 12 – Jan van Riebeeck’s refreshment station Khoekhoe blues

    Published: 02/05/2021