History of South Africa podcast
Un pódcast de Desmond Latham - Domingos
231 Episodo
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Episode 171 - Zwangendaba’s exodus from Pongola to Lake Tanganyika and the story of the Ngoni
Publicado: 19/5/2024 -
Episode 170 - Harry Smith returns as the conquering hero and humiliates Maqoma while translators muddle along
Publicado: 12/5/2024 -
Episode 169 - The Kat River Settlement seethes and the inglorious treachery of Sandile’s arrest
Publicado: 4/5/2024 -
Episode 168 - Earl Grey and the irascible Sir Henry Pottinger leave their mark on South Africa
Publicado: 28/4/2024 -
Episode 167 - Maitland dithers, Stockenstrom sallies forth into the Transkei and biblical storms change everything
Publicado: 21/4/2024 -
Episode 166 - Colonel Lindsay lashes a local lad, Fort Peddie attacked and the Battle of Gwangqa River
Publicado: 14/4/2024 -
Episode 165 - Sandile ambushes a British column, Captain Bambrick’s skull and Somerset’s humiliation
Publicado: 5/4/2024 -
Episode 164 - British sappers cross Block Drift into Xhosaland setting off a chain of events on the eve of war
Publicado: 31/3/2024 -
Episode 163 - British engineers build forts and semaphores while disabled chief Mgolombane Sandile signs a treaty
Publicado: 24/3/2024 -
Episode 162 - The 1845 Battle of Swartkoppies, Divide and Rule and a Bloemfontein origin story
Publicado: 16/3/2024 -
Episode 161 - Moshoeshoe signs a Treaty then collects gunpowder and horses
Publicado: 10/3/2024 -
Episode 160 - A tour of Philippolis, an 1844 update, the Great Guano discovery and the Merino sheep miracle
Publicado: 3/3/2024 -
Episode 159 - Boer women as handmaidens to history and the swirling social dust storms in TransOrangia circa 1843
Publicado: 25/2/2024 -
Episode 158 - Venda kingdoms and the Lemba Yemeni enigma
Publicado: 17/2/2024 -
Episode 157 - Dick King and Ndongeni Ka Xoki’s epic ride leads another d’Urban to Durban
Publicado: 11/2/2024 -
Episode 156 - The Battle of Congella leaves 34 British soldiers dead on a moonlit Durban beach
Publicado: 4/2/2024 -
Episode 155 - The Eastern Cape economy surges and the Americans visit Port Natal as tension rises
Publicado: 27/1/2024 -
Episode 154 - The Swellekamp grifter and Captain Smith marches from the Umgazi River to Port Natal
Publicado: 21/1/2024 -
Episode 153 - Dr Livingstone disembarks and Pretorius and Potgieter bury the hatchet
Publicado: 14/1/2024 -
Episode 152 - The amaTola San raiders of the Drakensberg: Horses, plant meds and the Chacma Baboon
Publicado: 7/1/2024
A series that seeks to tell the story of the South Africa in some depth. Presented by experienced broadcaster/podcaster Des Latham and updated weekly, the episodes will take a listener through the various epochs that have made up the story of South Africa.
