228 Episodes

  1. Episode 208 - Believers vs Unbelievers, Ancestor Veneration and the Stupifying Logic of Global Millenarianism

    Published: 2/2/2025
  2. Episode 207 - A Moon of Wonders and Dangers, Supernatural Horsemen and HMS Geyser Turns Tail

    Published: 1/26/2025
  3. Episode 206 - Nongqawuse’s Bush of Ghosts, Mhlakaza’s Anglican Episode and Sarhili Goes to Gxarha

    Published: 1/19/2025
  4. Episode 205 - A Crimean/Russian Struggle Thread, Two Disabled Free Staters and a Surveyor Surge

    Published: 1/12/2025
  5. Episode 204 - Planet Earth 1855, the Regal Cetshwayo kaMpande and Natal Land Realities

    Published: 1/5/2025
  6. Episode 203 - The Siege of Makapansgat and Misnomerclature

    Published: 12/29/2024
  7. Episode 202 - America’s Constitutional link to Boer Republics and a Cave Looms large

    Published: 12/22/2024
  8. Episode 201 - Labour, Lovedale and Roads are all the Rage in 1854

    Published: 12/15/2024
  9. Episode 200 - Sir George Grey’s Racial Amalgamation Thesis, its Maori Roots and Opiate Dependency

    Published: 12/8/2024
  10. Episode 199 - Cognitive Dissonance, Desiccated Hags, a Trail of Tears and Ssehura Baartman

    Published: 12/1/2024
  11. Episode 198 - 1853: The Crimean War, Historical Doppler Effects and Quitrent in Keiskamma Hoek

    Published: 11/24/2024
  12. Episode 197 - The Show Trial of Andries Botha and the Forgotten Significance of the 8th Frontier War

    Published: 11/17/2024
  13. Episode 196 - An Irishman-penned Cape Qualified Franchise Constitution and Boots Cathcart on the Ground

    Published: 11/10/2024
  14. Episode 195 - Mpande’s Mswati beef, a bit about Reserves and Bantustans and a Lashing of Self Government

    Published: 11/3/2024
  15. Episode 194 - The Battle of Berea leads to an Anglo-Basotho Mutual Admiration Society

    Published: 10/27/2024
  16. Episode 193: Guthrie’s 1852 Four-Colour Problem, Sports Schedules, Mobile Frequencies, AI, and the Battle of Berea

    Published: 10/20/2024
  17. Episode 192 - The Sand River Convention, the Transvaal slash Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek dot co dot za

    Published: 10/12/2024
  18. Episode 191 - Trekkers' Bob-and-Weave Politics, Meneer Van Der Kolff forges a signature and a library burns

    Published: 10/5/2024
  19. Episode 190 - The Birkenhead Drill 'Women and Children First’ tragedy and amaXhosa messages moving at the speed of light

    Published: 9/29/2024
  20. Episode 189 - Karl Marx at the Great Exhibition, Eyre's Great Cattle Patrol and Smith gets the boot

    Published: 9/22/2024

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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.