History of South Africa podcast
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. www.desmondlatham.com
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Listen to 121 episodes
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6 days ago
Episode 120 - Ploughs in the Platberg, the BaSotho, the MaBuru, MaNyesemane and the BaKhothu
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1 week ago
Episode 119 - The saga of Moshoeshoe, how his grandfather was eaten, and mystical advisor Tsapi
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2 weeks ago
Episode 118 - Voortrekkers cross the Orange River carrying ancestral blood from the orient
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1 month ago
Episode 116 - A murder most foul and the British wilt as the guerrilla war weakens resolve
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2 months ago
Episode 110 - Sir Harry Smith, his petite guerriere espagnole Lady Smith and the revenge of the amaXhosa
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2 months ago
Episode 109 - Maqoma’s war begins as the amaXhosa invade the Colony in December 1834
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2 months ago
Episode 108 - Mzilikazi empties the lower Vaal, Sir Benjamin D’Urban arrives and slaves are emancipated
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3 months ago
Episode 107 - Dr Andrew Smith, his mysterious Dingane expedition and a bit of XGaoXna- Knysna
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3 months ago
Episode 106 - Rustling along the Amatolas in 1830 and Dingane’s black liver
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3 months ago
Episode 105 - The Kat River Settlement of 1829 and how Maqoma was evicted
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3 months ago
Episode 104 - Matiwane’s Ngwane massacred at Mbholompo and Hintsa's ama-Bulu
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4 months ago
Episode 103 - Barend Barends battered and the men in black on the frontier
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4 months ago
Episode 101 - Mnkabayi dresses like a man and Dingane drowns his brother
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4 months ago
Episode 100 - Ordinance 50 shock, Dr John’s mission and Wesleyans vs polygamy
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5 months ago
Episode 99 – Shaka assassinated by muddle-headed brothers Dingane and Mhlangana
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5 months ago
Episode 98 – Nandi dies, Zulu diplomats in the Cape & Shaka raids the amaMpondo
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5 months ago
Episode 97 – Shaka shifts South, Mzilikazi raids West and Fynn becomes Zulu
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5 months ago
Episode 96 – A “bipolar” Shaka hunts down and exterminates Sikhunyane’s Ndwandwe
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5 months ago
Episode 95 – Sunset for Somerset and Maqoma eyes guns and horses in 1825
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6 months ago
Episode 94 – White and black ants in Botswana and Eastern Cape secession
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Episode 94 – White and black ants in Botswana and Eastern Cape succession
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6 months ago
Episode 93 –Shaka survives an assassination attempt and Farewell gets Port Natal
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6 months ago
Episode 92 – The monsters from the sea and a Robben Island convict advises Shaka
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6 months ago
Episode 91 – An early history of Port Natal and its treacherous sand bar
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7 months ago
Episode 88 – Somerset’s printing press paranoia and Shaka’s Inkatha power
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8 months ago
Episode 85– Honey birds, leopards, gardens of cattle and a bloody ochre harvest
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8 months ago
Episode 83 – The amakhosikazi sipper of Cobra venom and the 1820 Settlers
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9 months ago
Episode 81 – Shaka orders ladders, Dingiswayo dies and Mzilikazi emerges
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9 months ago
Episode 80 – Sambela the Mkhize psychopath and the Zulu cadet system evolves
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9 months ago
Episode 79 – The Wardoctor is defeated and Willshire does a deal with Hintsa
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9 months ago
Episode 78 – 10 000 Xhosa warriors led by Makhanda aka Nxele attack Grahamstown
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10 months ago
Episode 77 – The strange tale of Dr (Ms) James Barry and Makhanda’s War begins
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10 months ago
Episode 76 – The vicious battle of Amalinde and the messianic force of Makhanda
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10 months ago
Episode 75 – Lord Charles Somerset reinforces the Fish River then meets the amaXhoseni and misreads Ngqika
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10 months ago
Episode 74 – The horror story that is Slagter’s Nek of 1816 and its role in Afrikaner nationalism
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