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Episode 155 - The Eastern Cape economy surges and the Americans visit Port Natal as tension rises
Welcome back to the History of South Africa podcast with me your host, Des Latham - it’s episode 155 and the Cape economy is growing in leaps and bou…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 154 - The Swellekamp grifter and Captain Smith marches from the Umgazi River to Port Natal
This is episode 154 and the amaBhaca people under chief Ncapayi have just raided the Boers along the upper Bushman’s river and near their new town of…
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 153 - Dr Livingstone disembarks and Pretorius and Potgieter bury the hatchet
1840 was a leap year, and in November David Livingstone had left Britain for Africa. His story of exploration and commitment is extraordinary. While …
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 152 - The amaTola San raiders of the Drakensberg: Horses, plant meds and the Chacma Baboon
This is episode 152, we’re going to dig into a story that is not often told — the amaTola San raiders of the Drakensberg. They emerged by the end of …
2 years, 3 months ago
Episode 151 - The polymath Sir John Herschel, his free school system and other 1840 interconnections
Episode 151 and we’re into the 1840s - and its time to analyse some issues. One is education, the other, roads.
Given our crisis in education these…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 150 - Dingana assassinated near Ghost Mountain and the cultural appropriation tale of the toyi-toyi
For those who’ve lasted the journey thus far, thank you for listening. The number of downloads is approaching 1 and a quarter million, which by itsel…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 149 - Mpande defeats Dingana at the Battle of amaQongqo and Bhibhi the beautiful is killed
This is episode 149 and Mpande kaSenzangakhona and the Boers are going after Dingana.
We’re entering the 1840s where momentous events would continu…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 148 - The AmaZulu routed by amaSwazi Widow Bird warriors and Mpande’s exodus
This is episode 148 and there’re negotiations afoot between Dingana and the Voortrekkers, at the behest of Captain Henry Jervis who led the small det…
2 years, 4 months ago
Episode 147 - Coloured enters the lexicon in 1838 as Captain Jervis reports his coal find
Cape Town was burgeoning — and trade was starting to pick up. There was also a paradox, the real effects of the emancipation of slaves back in 1834 w…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 146 - The Battle of oPathe where Bhongoza and Hans Dons earn oral history stripes
Andries Pretorius had won a major encounter with the Zulu army, which was now in full retreat and the way to emGungungundlovu was wide open. A day af…
2 years, 5 months ago