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Episode 158 - Venda kingdoms and the Lemba Yemeni enigma
This is episode 158 and we’re taking an epic regional tour into the along the Limpopo River to meet with the Venda and other groups of folks who hail…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 157 - Dick King and Ndongeni Ka Xoki’s epic ride leads another d’Urban to Durban
This is episode 157 - where Dick King and Ndongeni ka Xoki ride to out of Durban carrying a dispatch from besieged British commander, Captain Smith, …
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 156 - The Battle of Congella leaves 34 British soldiers dead on a moonlit Durban beach
When we left off last episode, Captain Thomas Smith and two companies of the 27th Inniskilling Regiment, an 18 pounder that had just arrived by ship,…
2 years, 6 months ago
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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago