History of South Africa podcast by Desmond Latham

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.

Catégorie: Éducation

66
- Episode 66 – The Fourth Frontier war bursts into flame, Chungwa is shot and Stockenstrom is assegai'd

Sun, 15 May 2022
65
- Episode 65 – Graham launches his terror campaign in the Zuurveld and Chungwa of the Gqunukhwebe is in his sights

Sun, 08 May 2022
64
- Episode 64 – The amaXhosa “strolling” days are numbered as Lieutenant-General Sir John Cradock arrives

Sun, 01 May 2022
63
- Episode 63 – Shaka’s isicoco regulation, a “she” rebellion and Lieutenant Colonel Collins collects intel

Sun, 24 Apr 2022
62
- Episode 62 – Dingiswayo and Shaka of the amaMthethwa, Ndlambe and Ngqika of the amaRharhabe

Sun, 17 Apr 2022
61
- Episode 61 – British Governor Lord Caledon launches the pass law system in the Cape in 1808

Fri, 08 Apr 2022
60
- Episode 60 – The Battle of Blaauberg in 1806 and an American landdrost takes control of the Eastern Cape

Sun, 03 Apr 2022
59
- Episode 59 – Senzangakhona and his son Shaka, Janssens has a plan and American sailors ogle the eastern Cape

Sun, 27 Mar 2022
58
- Episode 58 – A dilemma of principle as religious freedom and a reformed government are introduced in 1803

Sun, 20 Mar 2022
57
- Episode 57 – The Batavian Republic takes over the Cape in 1803 with a “Methods in dealing with Savages” handbook

Sun, 13 Mar 2022
56
- Episode 56 – The burghers suffer their worst setback since 1652 as the Third Frontier War reignites in 1801

Sun, 06 Mar 2022
55
- Episode 55 – Somerville's 1802 description of the baThlaping and their grand capital at Dithakong

Sun, 27 Feb 2022
54
- Episode 54 – Doctor William Somerville’s extraordinary expedition to the Orange River in 1801

Sun, 20 Feb 2022
53
- Episode 53 – The surge in centralized chiefdoms circa 1800 and the development of an African military system

Sun, 13 Feb 2022
52
- Episode 52 – Christmas 1799 brings a fortuitous Amatola downpour and the intertwining of futures

Sun, 06 Feb 2022
51
- Episode 51 – The Third Frontier War ends and missionaries trek into a snake’s nest at Ngqika’s Great Place

Sat, 29 Jan 2022
50
- Episode 50 – Brigadier General Vandeleur fires grapshot at the amaXhosa setting off 80 years of warfare

Sun, 23 Jan 2022
49
- Episode 49 – The Khoe War of 1799, Gerrit Owies is speared in the back and the Boers face the Hottentot Corps

Sun, 16 Jan 2022
48
- Episode 48 – Petrus Pienaar shot dead on his Hantam farm in 1797 and the Afrikaaner rebellion goes into top gear

Sun, 09 Jan 2022
47
- Episode 47 – Tales of the Hantam including the bandit van Zijl family and the indefatigable trekboer Elsie Visagie

Sun, 02 Jan 2022
46
- Episode 46 – We meet the Afrikaaner Oorlams of Namaqualand and Griqua founder Adam Kok the First

Sun, 26 Dec 2021
45
- Episode 45 – The ancient people of the Orange River islands, the Namaqualand Korana and the “Bastaards”

Sun, 19 Dec 2021
44
- Episode 44 – Trekboer rebel Coenraad de Buys marries amaXhosa Queen Nojoli and Barrow exacts a confounded promise

Sun, 12 Dec 2021
43
- Episode 43 – Lady Anne’s throws dinner parties as John Barrow and the Dragoons take a trip to Graaff-Reinet

Sun, 05 Dec 2021
42
- Episode 42 – Lady Anne Barnard, Earl Macartney and the van Reenen meat bank of the 1790s

Thu, 25 Nov 2021
41
- Episode 41 – The English take Cape Town, Americans flee and trekboer rebels tear down a flag

Sun, 21 Nov 2021
40
- Episode 40 – The Second Frontier War and the Graaff-Reinet rebellion

Sun, 14 Nov 2021
39
- Episode 39 – Rebel Coenraad de Buys, lover of Xhosa chief Ngqika’s mother and a preamble to the Second Frontier War

Sun, 07 Nov 2021
38
- Episode 38 – The First Frontier War of 1781 and why the survivors of the Grosvenor were attacked by the amaXhosa

Sun, 31 Oct 2021
37
- Episode 37 – How the amaXhosa waged war and Governor Van Plettenberg takes a trip to the Great Fish River

Sun, 24 Oct 2021
36
- Episode 36 – The French and British fight over the Cape as bounty hunter Willem Prinsloo crosses the Fish River

Sun, 17 Oct 2021
35
- Episode 35 – The Mthethwa and Ndwandwe flex their muscles in what eventually will become known as Zululand

Sun, 10 Oct 2021
34
- Episode 34 – Trading and raiding, American whalers and the emergence of pre-Zulu chiefdoms in the East

Sun, 03 Oct 2021
33
- Episode 33 – By 1771 Cape Town has a name and explorers begin arriving in droves

Sun, 26 Sep 2021
32
- Episode 32 – An intermingling on the frontiers begins in earnest and a wide-angle view of the mid-to-late 18th C

Sun, 19 Sep 2021
31
- Episode 31 – Trade increases between Delagoa Bay and the Tswana and the Dutch Reformed Church makes its mark in the Cape

Fri, 10 Sep 2021
30
- Episode 30 – Shipwrecked women and their Xhosa clan, the art of making amasi and the amatakati

Sun, 05 Sep 2021
29
- Episode 29 – Murder, massacre and pacification of the Roodezand Khoi while settler rebel Barbier meets a grisly end.

Sun, 29 Aug 2021
28
- Episode 28 – The Bushman War of 1739 and the role of French outlaw Estienne Barbier

Sun, 22 Aug 2021
27
- Episode 27 – The slaughtering in the Sandveld and the causes of the 1739 frontier war

Sun, 15 Aug 2021
26
- Episode 26 – The Boers begin expanding across the Cape frontier

Sun, 08 Aug 2021
25
- Episode 25 – The Xhosa social system and the TrekBoer Economy is born

Sun, 01 Aug 2021
24
- Episode 24 – The foundation of the Xhosa Kingdom, Tshawe, Phalo, Gcaleka and Rharhabe.

Sun, 25 Jul 2021
23
- Episode 23 – A trip through ancient Xhosaland Part 1

Sun, 18 Jul 2021
22
- Episode 22 – Islam at the Cape, Adam Tas vs the Governor and a radical new land policy

Sun, 11 Jul 2021
21
- Episode 21 – The Nguni move west, maize arrives and smallpox eviscerates the Cape

Sun, 04 Jul 2021
20
- Episode 20 – The breakdown of Khoekhoe society in the Cape, corruption and miscegenation

Sun, 27 Jun 2021
19
- Episode 19 – The French Huguenots arrive in 1688 while to the north the Xhosa deal with shipwrecked European sailors

Sun, 20 Jun 2021
18
- Episode 18 – Early days of coloured single-parent Simon van der Stel and the first Venda miners appear

Sun, 13 Jun 2021
17
- Episode 17 – The second Khoe-Dutch war of 1673-1677 and the Cape begins to develop a cosmopolitan nature

Sun, 06 Jun 2021

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