History of South Africa podcast

231 Episodes

1. Episode 111 - Harry Smith arrives in panic-stricken Grahamstown in January 1835 and stiffens settler spines

   Published: 26/03/2023
2. Episode 110 - Sir Harry Smith, his petite guerriere espagnole Lady Smith and the revenge of the amaXhosa

   Published: 19/03/2023
3. Episode 109 - Maqoma’s war begins as the amaXhosa invade the Colony in December 1834

   Published: 11/03/2023
4. Episode 108 - Mzilikazi empties the lower Vaal, Sir Benjamin D’Urban arrives and slaves are emancipated

   Published: 04/03/2023
5. Episode 107 - Dr Andrew Smith, his mysterious Dingane expedition and a bit of XGaoXna- Knysna

   Published: 25/02/2023
6. Episode 106 - Rustling along the Amatolas in 1830 and Dingane’s black liver

   Published: 19/02/2023
7. Episode 105 - The Kat River Settlement of 1829 and how Maqoma was evicted

   Published: 12/02/2023
8. Episode 104 - Matiwane’s Ngwane massacred at Mbholompo and Hintsa's ama-Bulu

   Published: 04/02/2023
9. Episode 103 - Barend Barends battered and the men in black on the frontier

   Published: 29/01/2023
10. Episode 102 - Tales of the Trans Vaal and how Magaliesberg got its name

    Published: 22/01/2023
11. Episode 101 - Mnkabayi dresses like a man and Dingane drowns his brother

    Published: 15/01/2023
12. Episode 100 - Ordinance 50 shock, Dr John’s mission and Wesleyans vs polygamy

    Published: 07/01/2023
13. Episode 99 – Shaka assassinated by muddle-headed brothers Dingane and Mhlangana

    Published: 01/01/2023
14. Episode 98 – Nandi dies, Zulu diplomats in the Cape & Shaka raids the amaMpondo

    Published: 25/12/2022
15. Episode 97 – Shaka shifts South, Mzilikazi raids West and Fynn becomes Zulu

    Published: 18/12/2022
16. Episode 96 – A “bipolar” Shaka hunts down and exterminates Sikhunyane’s Ndwandwe

    Published: 11/12/2022
17. Episode 95 – Sunset for Somerset and Maqoma eyes guns and horses in 1825

    Published: 04/12/2022
18. Episode 94 – White and black ants in Botswana and Eastern Cape secession

    Published: 27/11/2022
19. Episode 93 –Shaka survives an assassination attempt and Farewell gets Port Natal

    Published: 20/11/2022
20. Episode 92 – The monsters from the sea and a Robben Island convict advises Shaka

    Published: 13/11/2022