History of South Africa podcast
A podcast by Desmond Latham - Sundays
228 Episodes
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Episode 208 - Believers vs Unbelievers, Ancestor Veneration and the Stupifying Logic of Global Millenarianism
Published: 2/2/2025 -
Episode 207 - A Moon of Wonders and Dangers, Supernatural Horsemen and HMS Geyser Turns Tail
Published: 1/26/2025 -
Episode 206 - Nongqawuse’s Bush of Ghosts, Mhlakaza’s Anglican Episode and Sarhili Goes to Gxarha
Published: 1/19/2025 -
Episode 205 - A Crimean/Russian Struggle Thread, Two Disabled Free Staters and a Surveyor Surge
Published: 1/12/2025 -
Episode 204 - Planet Earth 1855, the Regal Cetshwayo kaMpande and Natal Land Realities
Published: 1/5/2025 -
Episode 203 - The Siege of Makapansgat and Misnomerclature
Published: 12/29/2024 -
Episode 202 - America’s Constitutional link to Boer Republics and a Cave Looms large
Published: 12/22/2024 -
Episode 201 - Labour, Lovedale and Roads are all the Rage in 1854
Published: 12/15/2024 -
Episode 200 - Sir George Grey’s Racial Amalgamation Thesis, its Maori Roots and Opiate Dependency
Published: 12/8/2024 -
Episode 199 - Cognitive Dissonance, Desiccated Hags, a Trail of Tears and Ssehura Baartman
Published: 12/1/2024 -
Episode 198 - 1853: The Crimean War, Historical Doppler Effects and Quitrent in Keiskamma Hoek
Published: 11/24/2024 -
Episode 197 - The Show Trial of Andries Botha and the Forgotten Significance of the 8th Frontier War
Published: 11/17/2024 -
Episode 196 - An Irishman-penned Cape Qualified Franchise Constitution and Boots Cathcart on the Ground
Published: 11/10/2024 -
Episode 195 - Mpande’s Mswati beef, a bit about Reserves and Bantustans and a Lashing of Self Government
Published: 11/3/2024 -
Episode 194 - The Battle of Berea leads to an Anglo-Basotho Mutual Admiration Society
Published: 10/27/2024 -
Episode 193: Guthrie’s 1852 Four-Colour Problem, Sports Schedules, Mobile Frequencies, AI, and the Battle of Berea
Published: 10/20/2024 -
Episode 192 - The Sand River Convention, the Transvaal slash Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek dot co dot za
Published: 10/12/2024 -
Episode 191 - Trekkers' Bob-and-Weave Politics, Meneer Van Der Kolff forges a signature and a library burns
Published: 10/5/2024 -
Episode 190 - The Birkenhead Drill 'Women and Children First’ tragedy and amaXhosa messages moving at the speed of light
Published: 9/29/2024 -
Episode 189 - Karl Marx at the Great Exhibition, Eyre's Great Cattle Patrol and Smith gets the boot
Published: 9/22/2024
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.