231 Episodes

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

    Published: 06/11/2022
  2. Episode 90 – Slaves, Somerset and the SA Commercial Advertiser

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

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

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

    Published: 08/10/2022
  6. Episode 86– Somerset vs Donkin and dueling missions

    Published: 02/10/2022
  7. Episode 85– Honey birds, leopards, gardens of cattle and a bloody ochre harvest

    Published: 24/09/2022
  8. Episode 84 – The 1820 Settlers ramble among Algoa Bay shrubbery

    Published: 17/09/2022
  9. Episode 83 – The amakhosikazi sipper of Cobra venom and the 1820 Settlers

    Published: 10/09/2022
  10. Episode 82 – Shaka outfoxes Zwide at the Mhlathuze River

    Published: 03/09/2022
  11. Episode 81 – Shaka orders ladders, Dingiswayo dies and Mzilikazi emerges

    Published: 28/08/2022
  12. Episode 80 – Sambela the Mkhize psychopath and the Zulu cadet system evolves

    Published: 21/08/2022
  13. Episode 79 – The Wardoctor is defeated and Willshire does a deal with Hintsa

    Published: 14/08/2022
  14. Episode 78 – 10 000 Xhosa warriors led by Makhanda aka Nxele attack Grahamstown

    Published: 06/08/2022
  15. Episode 77 – The strange tale of Dr (Ms) James Barry and Makhanda’s War begins

    Published: 30/07/2022
  16. Episode 76 – The vicious battle of Amalinde and the messianic force of Makhanda

    Published: 24/07/2022
  17. Episode 75 – Lord Charles Somerset reinforces the Fish River then meets the amaXhoseni and misreads Ngqika

    Published: 17/07/2022
  18. Episode 74 – The horror story that is Slagter’s Nek of 1816 and its role in Afrikaner nationalism

    Published: 09/07/2022
  19. Episode 73 – Shaka overwhelmes the Qwabe and the British upend the trekboer Loan Farm tradition

    Published: 03/07/2022
  20. Episode 72 – Shaka flees south over the Thukela River as Zwide’s Ndwandwe expand their raiding

    Published: 26/06/2022

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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.

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