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Episode 178 - A string of forts and Captain Maclean’s amaXhosa police recruits take revenge
The mid-nineteenth Century was like the calm before the storm with the discovery of diamonds a decade away, and then the wars between the Boers and B…
2 years ago
Episode 177 - The Missionaries position on sex and British administrators refuse to learn
We’re plunging into the developments of the 1850s now and this is episode 177.
In numerology the digits 1 and 7 are significant,1 represents new begi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 176 - Cape Conservatives vs Radicals in 1850, a synopsis of souls and climate dystopia
This is the period of the utilitarian liberal, not of the democrat, it’s 1850 and in the Cape, a newly ninted constitution had been drafted by the at…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 175 - A whip around the world in 1849 and a wide-angle view of Cape Society
This is episode 175 - and we’re back in the Cape circa 1849 and thereabouts.
Before we dive into the latest incidents and events, let’s take a look…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 174 - The 1848 British defeat of the Boers at the Battle of Boomplaats near Bloemfontein
This is episode 174.
First off, a big thank you to all the folks who’ve supported me and for sharing so many personal stories of your ancestry. Par…
2 years, 1 month ago
Episode 173 - Boer women fight off the Bapedi, Mpande interferes in Swazi business and Potgieter’s last trek
This is episode 173 and we’re in what was called the north eastern transvaal, modern day Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
Last we heard how Hendrick Potgiet…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 172 - The Republic of Potchefstroom, Potgieter treks into Bapedi country and Mswati faces rebellion
This is episode 172 and we’re galloping back to cover the effect of the Boers 33 Articles, approved by the Volksraad on April 9th 1844, and thus inst…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 171 - Zwangendaba’s exodus from Pongola to Lake Tanganyika and the story of the Ngoni
This is episode 171 and now its time to swing around southern Africa again, because as Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in Canterbury Tales in 1395, “Time and …
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 170 - Harry Smith returns as the conquering hero and humiliates Maqoma while translators muddle along
This is episode 170 and the sound you’re hearing is the cheering and the flaming hot emotion because Sir Harry Smith is back in town!
The town is Ca…
2 years, 2 months ago
Episode 169 - The Kat River Settlement seethes and the inglorious treachery of Sandile’s arrest
First off, a big thank you to those listeners who’ve been sending me emails, a great deal of useful information emerges from our discussions which al…
2 years, 2 months ago