History of South Africa podcast
History

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.

100 episodes
EN language
All Episodes
1
Episode 266: The Wakkerstroom Boer-Zulu Alliance and the death of Prince Napoleon
21:00 Mar 15, 2026
2
Episode 265 – John Dunn’s MI5 Connection, Gingindlovu, and the Relief of Eshowe
18:23 Mar 8, 2026
3
Episode 264 - The Forgotten Battle of Khambula (1879): The Turning Point of the Anglo-Zulu War
22:42 Mar 1, 2026
4
Episode 263 - How Black Voters Helped Elect Cecil Rhodes: Kimberley and the Cape Franchise, 1879
19:38 Feb 22, 2026
5
Episode 262 - The Battle of Hlobane – Cowardice, Confusion and the Reckoning at Devil’s Pass
24:15 Feb 14, 2026
6
Episode 261 - Zulu War: Ntombe River Massacre & Prince Hamu’s Defection
20:44 Feb 8, 2026
7
Episode 260 - Touring South Africa pre-1880, the Tangled Tale of Woolworths and Disraeli Gears
19:40 Jan 30, 2026
8
-DELETED- Episode 260 - Touring South Africa pre-1880, How Woolworths started and Rowlands Folly
19:40 Jan 30, 2026
9
Episode 259 - After Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift: Ghost Armies and a Unique Truce During a Savage War
21:53 Jan 24, 2026
10
Episode 258 - Rorke’s Drift, Part Two: Dabulamanzi’s Gamble and Chard’s Night of Horrors
21:47 Jan 18, 2026
11
Episode 257 - Rorke’s Drift Part I: Defiance, Disobedience and the Aftermath of Isandlwana
20:37 Jan 11, 2026
12
Episode 256 - The Lightning of Heaven Release Spirits as Rorke’s Drift Comes into Play
24:37 Jan 4, 2026
13
Episode 255 - A Partial Eclipse of the Sun Spreads a Dark Veil Over Bloody Isandlwana
27:25 Dec 28, 2025
14
Episode 254 - Skop, Skiet and Donner on the Day of the Dead Moon
21:18 Dec 21, 2025
15
Episode 253 - The order of Battle Before Isandlwana and Nyezane and ‘ukhuni’ Wood Heads North
21:31 Dec 13, 2025
16
Episode 252 — Chelmsford’s Fatal Confidence: The Day Before Isandlwana
18:53 Dec 7, 2025
17
Episode 251 - The Grey Vultures of Ondini Gather Before a March to Isandhlwana where Pride Met Prophecy
23:15 Nov 30, 2025
18
Episode 250 - Nqutu's Rocky Mountains: British officers bicker then Zulu Snipers target an entomologist hunting beetles
25:18 Nov 23, 2025
19
Episode 249 - Three Columns and a Thousand Secrets: Chelmsford’s 1879 Invasion of Zululand
23:14 Nov 16, 2025
20
Episode 248 - The Eagle and Four Hawks: The Making of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
20:33 Nov 9, 2025
21
Episode 247 - A Ball of Sand Fallacy and Frere Demonizes Cetshwayo
19:05 Nov 2, 2025
22
Episode 246 - Black Bricks, Armed Maids, and the Bloody Marriage of the Ngcugce
19:12 Oct 26, 2025
23
Episode 245 - Sir Bartle Frere’s Excellent Adventure: A Gentleman’s Guide to Igniting Wars
20:35 Oct 19, 2025
24
Episode 244 - Twitters' Transvaal Annexation, Rider Haggard’s Role and Railways
17:24 Oct 12, 2025
25
Episode 243 - Guns, Germans and Steal: The Pedi War of 1876
23:55 Oct 5, 2025
26
Episode 242 - Merchant Traders, Natal plantations, African farmers and the Harrismith Sour Veld Land Swindler
22:07 Sep 28, 2025
27
Episode 241 - Yankee Babies, Monstrous Cobwebs, the Devil’s Cauldron and Rhodes’ Steam Engine
19:59 Sep 21, 2025
28
Episode 240 - Carnarvon’s Confederation, a Pre-scramble for Africa Geopolitical Mashup & Free State Ships
25:28 Sep 14, 2025
29
Episode 239 - The Central South African Powder Magazine and How Chief Langalibalele Ended up on Robben Island
21:13 Sep 7, 2025
30
Episode 238 - ‘Another Little War’ at Bushman’s River Pass and the British Blow up Bits of the Drakensberg
23:14 Aug 31, 2025
31
Episode 237 - Going Native, Coconuts, Hindu immigrants and Church and State in Natal
17:42 Aug 24, 2025
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Episode 237 - Going Native, Coconuts, Hindu immigrants and Church and State in Natal
17:40 Aug 24, 2025
33
Episode 236 - The Twelve Apostles, Rhodes buys Roodepoort, Sticky-Fingered Diamond Thieves and a New Pass System
21:12 Aug 17, 2025
34
Episode 235 - Cetshwayo Glamped and Crowned, Shepstone Stalled, Masiphula Poisoned
24:09 Aug 10, 2025
35
Episode 234: Babbage’s Final Calculation, the Cape Charts Its Own Course, and the End of Mpande’s Reign
20:41 Aug 3, 2025
36
Episode 233 - Stafford Parker’s Unique Digger’s Republic and Free State/FNB Links
20:36 Jul 27, 2025
37
Episode 232 - Diamond Geology as an Art, Dinosaur Veldskoene and Waterboer’s Claim
24:26 Jul 20, 2025
38
Episode 231 - Protestants and Catholics Struggle for Moshoeshoe’s Soul in 1870
26:44 Jul 13, 2025
39
Episode 230 - From Knysna’s Burning Forests to Tolstoy’s War and Peace: The World in 1869
18:27 Jul 6, 2025
40
Episode 229 - Moshoeshoe and the Red Dust: How War and Famine Led to British Rule in Lesotho
21:59 Jun 29, 2025
41
Episode 228 - From Skepticism to Stampede: The Diamond Rush Awakens
24:40 Jun 22, 2025
42
Episode 227 - Diamonds, War, and Destiny: Moshoeshoe, the Boers, and the Stone That Changed South Africa
26:45 Jun 15, 2025
43
Episode 226 – The Estate Agent of the Transvaal: Paul Kruger, Mokgatle, the amaMfengu Crossing, and the Battle for Land
26:19 Jun 8, 2025
44
Episode 225 - Between Diamonds and Desolation: The Griqua's Journey to East Griqualand
19:07 Jun 1, 2025
45
Episode 224 - El Niño’s and Al Nina’s and the Griqua Great Trek to Nomansland
22:53 May 25, 2025
46
Episode 223 - The Calliper and the Lens: Gustav Fritsch in the Southern Light (1863–1865)
23:27 May 18, 2025
47
Episode 222 - Global events 1863, Namaqualand Copper and Gunny Sack Shacks
24:52 May 11, 2025
48
Episode 221 - Free State Judges, the Transvaal Civil War and the Architecture of Deliberation
17:27 May 4, 2025
49
Episode 220 - The Transvaal Civil War of 1862-1864 and Paul Kruger’s Dopping Doppers
22:24 Apr 27, 2025
50
Episode 219 - The Snarled Chronicle of John Orr, Wodehouse Blues and Mercantile Matters
18:36 Apr 20, 2025
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