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Episode 237 - Going Native, Coconuts, Hindu immigrants and Church and State in Natal
Episode 237, It’s time to cover the first year of Responsible Government in the Cape, and to hear about the Langalibalele debacle, called a rebellion but after you hear the story, perhaps we’ll decid…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Episode 237 - Going Native, Coconuts, Hindu immigrants and Church and State in Natal
Although responsible government had come comparatively late for the Cape Colony, the transition in many ways was still too early. It had come twenty years after New Zealand and the state of Victoria …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Episode 236 - The Twelve Apostles, Rhodes buys Roodepoort, Sticky-Fingered Diamond Thieves and a New Pass System
The sound of mining —
And the sound of money —
All across Griqualand West, tent towns mushroomed overnight, teeming with fortune seekers from around the world. Tens of thousands by 1873, all desce…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 235 - Cetshwayo Glamped and Crowned, Shepstone Stalled, Masiphula Poisoned
This is episode 235, and it’s back to high drama circa 1873.
Before that just some news .. unbelievable as it may appear, Apple Podcasts has named The History of South Africa pod as one of their top…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 234: Babbage’s Final Calculation, the Cape Charts Its Own Course, and the End of Mpande’s Reign
I have to say a big thank you to Adi and Janice who hosted me at their farm Kalmoesfontein this week as part of the Swartland Revolution events they’re running— I was invited to give a little talk ab…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 233 - Stafford Parker’s Unique Digger’s Republic and Free State/FNB Links
This is an episode packed with odd resonances, echoes, large whiskers, many presidents and the origin of a modern bank.
Now that the diamond fields were being exploited, this being1870, a plethora …
Published on 3 months ago
Episode 232 - Diamond Geology as an Art, Dinosaur Veldskoene and Waterboer’s Claim
This is episode 232 - Diamond Geology as an Art, Dinosaur Veldskoene and Waterboer’s claim
Just a quick note about that amazing podcaster Nicole Engelbrecht —She is the host & creator of True Crime…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Episode 231 - Protestants and Catholics Struggle for Moshoeshoe’s Soul in 1870
Moshoeshoe, the Basotho king who’d outwitted, outfought and outlived most of his enemies, was nearing his end. He had managed to ensure his chiefdom survived in signing the Treaty of Aliwal North wit…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 230 - From Knysna’s Burning Forests to Tolstoy’s War and Peace: The World in 1869
This is episode 230, From Knysna’s Burning Forests to Tolstoy’s War and Peace: The World in 1869.
Globally, the end of the sixth decade of the 19th Century was full of fire and brimbstone, and some …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 229 - Moshoeshoe and the Red Dust: How War and Famine Led to British Rule in Lesotho
Episode 229 - Moshoeshoe and the Red Dust, How War and famine led to British rule in Lesotho - we’re speeding up on the trek along history’s trail.
First, a word about the Boer Basotho War of 1865-…
Published on 4 months ago