History of South Africa podcast
A podcast by Desmond Latham - Sundays
231 Episodes
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Episode 151 - The polymath Sir John Herschel, his free school system and other 1840 interconnections
Published: 31/12/2023 -
Episode 150 - Dingana assassinated near Ghost Mountain and the cultural appropriation tale of the toyi-toyi
Published: 24/12/2023 -
Episode 149 - Mpande defeats Dingana at the Battle of amaQongqo and Bhibhi the beautiful is killed
Published: 17/12/2023 -
Episode 148 - The AmaZulu routed by amaSwazi Widow Bird warriors and Mpande’s exodus
Published: 07/12/2023 -
Episode 147 - Coloured enters the lexicon in 1838 as Captain Jervis reports his coal find
Published: 03/12/2023 -
Episode 146 - The Battle of oPathe where Bhongoza and Hans Dons earn oral history stripes
Published: 26/11/2023 -
Episode 145 - The seminal Battle on the Ncome known as Blood River
Published: 18/11/2023 -
Episode 144 - Mpande evades Dingane’s assassination plot, the British seize Durban and Pretorius plans a covenant
Published: 11/11/2023 -
Episode 143 - The World in 1838, New Veld Tech and Plough Enhancements
Published: 05/11/2023 -
Episode 142 - Moshoeshoe the beard-shearer and the complex theological soup of the BaSotho
Published: 29/10/2023 -
Episode 141 — An ode to the Orange River and San spoor blows in the wind
Published: 21/10/2023 -
Episode 140 - High Noon at Gatslaager & Mzilikazi barges into the Batswana
Published: 15/10/2023 -
Episode 139 - The Battle of Thukela/Dlokweni, Durban is sacked and the Republiek Natalia proclaimed
Published: 07/10/2023 -
Episode 138 - The yin and yang of Stretch and Bowker and the Grand Army of Natal marches again
Published: 30/09/2023 -
Episode 137 - The Vlugkommando of April 1838 and a hard rain continues to fall
Published: 23/09/2023 -
Episode 136 - The place of weeping earns its name and the“Grand Army of Natal” marches off
Published: 17/09/2023 -
Episode 135 - The Zulu army overruns the Voortrekkers along the Bloukrans and Bushman’s River
Published: 09/09/2023 -
Episode 134 - Lightning kills 12 Boer horses then the wizards die
Published: 03/09/2023 -
Episode 133 - Umkhandlu long thumb nails and tales of ill-gotten grain
Published: 26/08/2023 -
Episode 132 - Piet Retief rides into Natal and land is on the agenda
Published: 20/08/2023
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.