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Episode 85– Honey birds, leopards, gardens of cattle and a bloody ochre harvest
This is episode 85 and as we’ve heard, the English settlers have just arrived in the Albany district – the year is 1820.
It had taken three months a…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 84 – The 1820 Settlers ramble among Algoa Bay shrubbery
Between December 1819 and the first quarter of 1820, 21 ships left England and Ireland bound for the Cape carrying five thousand men, women and child…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 83 – The amakhosikazi sipper of Cobra venom and the 1820 Settlers
This is episode 83 and Ndwandwe chief Zwide is on the run, being hunted down by Shaka after the defeat on the Mhlathuze.
Zwide was sitting at his mo…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 82 – Shaka outfoxes Zwide at the Mhlathuze River
This is episode 82 and we’re picking up the story from where we left off last Episode the Ndwandwe were chasing the AmaZulu down the Mhlathuze Valley…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 81 – Shaka orders ladders, Dingiswayo dies and Mzilikazi emerges
This is episode 81 and we’re following the story of the AmaZulu, the Qwabe, the Mkhize, the Ndwandwe and the Mthethwa circa 1819.
By this time, the…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 80 – Sambela the Mkhize psychopath and the Zulu cadet system evolves
Last episode we heard how the Xhosa wardoctor had failed in his attempt at chasing the colonials out of his territory – the Albany region, and now re…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 79 – The Wardoctor is defeated and Willshire does a deal with Hintsa
This is episode 79.
Nxele the Wardoctor and 10 000 warriors failed in their attempt at overrunning Grahamstown – now they’re on the run.
Three of Nd…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 78 – 10 000 Xhosa warriors led by Makhanda aka Nxele attack Grahamstown
Trouble was not so much brewing as fermenting on the eastern Cape frontier as we heard last episode.
The British were aware that Ndlambe and his wa…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 77 – The strange tale of Dr (Ms) James Barry and Makhanda’s War begins
The period between 1816 and 1819 saw the level of conflict rise significantly across southern Africa – not only were the Zulu beginning their ascent …
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 76 – The vicious battle of Amalinde and the messianic force of Makhanda
Things were beginning to move along the eastern Cape frontier, through the region known previously as the Zuurveld, the Albany district, with its roc…
3 years, 9 months ago