History of South Africa podcast

229 Episodes

1. Episode 109 - Maqoma’s war begins as the amaXhosa invade the Colony in December 1834

   Published: 3/11/2023
2. Episode 108 - Mzilikazi empties the lower Vaal, Sir Benjamin D’Urban arrives and slaves are emancipated

   Published: 3/4/2023
3. Episode 107 - Dr Andrew Smith, his mysterious Dingane expedition and a bit of XGaoXna- Knysna

   Published: 2/25/2023
4. Episode 106 - Rustling along the Amatolas in 1830 and Dingane’s black liver

   Published: 2/19/2023
5. Episode 105 - The Kat River Settlement of 1829 and how Maqoma was evicted

   Published: 2/12/2023
6. Episode 104 - Matiwane’s Ngwane massacred at Mbholompo and Hintsa's ama-Bulu

   Published: 2/4/2023
7. Episode 103 - Barend Barends battered and the men in black on the frontier

   Published: 1/29/2023
8. Episode 102 - Tales of the Trans Vaal and how Magaliesberg got its name

   Published: 1/22/2023
9. Episode 101 - Mnkabayi dresses like a man and Dingane drowns his brother

   Published: 1/15/2023
10. Episode 100 - Ordinance 50 shock, Dr John’s mission and Wesleyans vs polygamy

    Published: 1/7/2023
11. Episode 99 – Shaka assassinated by muddle-headed brothers Dingane and Mhlangana

    Published: 1/1/2023
12. Episode 98 – Nandi dies, Zulu diplomats in the Cape & Shaka raids the amaMpondo

    Published: 12/25/2022
13. Episode 97 – Shaka shifts South, Mzilikazi raids West and Fynn becomes Zulu

    Published: 12/18/2022
14. Episode 96 – A “bipolar” Shaka hunts down and exterminates Sikhunyane’s Ndwandwe

    Published: 12/11/2022
15. Episode 95 – Sunset for Somerset and Maqoma eyes guns and horses in 1825

    Published: 12/4/2022
16. Episode 94 – White and black ants in Botswana and Eastern Cape secession

    Published: 11/27/2022
17. Episode 93 –Shaka survives an assassination attempt and Farewell gets Port Natal

    Published: 11/20/2022
18. Episode 92 – The monsters from the sea and a Robben Island convict advises Shaka

    Published: 11/13/2022
19. Episode 91 – An early history of Port Natal and its treacherous sand bar

    Published: 11/6/2022
20. Episode 90 – Slaves, Somerset and the SA Commercial Advertiser

    Published: 10/30/2022