History of South Africa podcast
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.
Latest Episode
Episode 243 - Guns, Germans and Steal: The Pedi War of 1876 (05.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Episode 242 - Merchant Traders, Natal plantations, African farmers and the Harrismith Sour Veld Land Swindler 28.09.2025
- Episode 241 - Yankee Babies, Monstrous Cobwebs, the Devil’s Cauldron and Rhodes’ Steam Engine 21.09.2025
- Episode 240 - Carnarvon’s Confederation, a Pre-scramble for Africa Geopolitical Mashup & Free State Ships 14.09.2025
- Episode 239 - The Central South African Powder Magazine and How Chief Langalibalele Ended up on Robben Island 07.09.2025
- Episode 238 - ‘Another Little War’ at Bushman’s River Pass and the British Blow up Bits of the Drakensberg 31.08.2025
- Episode 237 - Going Native, Coconuts, Hindu immigrants and Church and State in Natal 24.08.2025
- Episode 236 - The Twelve Apostles, Rhodes buys Roodepoort, Sticky-Fingered Diamond Thieves and a New Pass System 17.08.2025
- Episode 235 - Cetshwayo Glamped and Crowned, Shepstone Stalled, Masiphula Poisoned 10.08.2025
- Episode 234: Babbage’s Final Calculation, the Cape Charts Its Own Course, and the End of Mpande’s Reign 03.08.2025
- Episode 233 - Stafford Parker’s Unique Digger’s Republic and Free State/FNB Links 27.07.2025
- Episode 232 - Diamond Geology as an Art, Dinosaur Veldskoene and Waterboer’s Claim 20.07.2025
- Episode 231 - Protestants and Catholics Struggle for Moshoeshoe’s Soul in 1870 13.07.2025
- Episode 230 - From Knysna’s Burning Forests to Tolstoy’s War and Peace: The World in 1869 06.07.2025
- Episode 229 - Moshoeshoe and the Red Dust: How War and Famine Led to British Rule in Lesotho 29.06.2025
- Episode 228 - From Skepticism to Stampede: The Diamond Rush Awakens 22.06.2025
- Episode 227 - Diamonds, War, and Destiny: Moshoeshoe, the Boers, and the Stone That Changed South Africa 15.06.2025
- Episode 226 – The Estate Agent of the Transvaal: Paul Kruger, Mokgatle, the amaMfengu Crossing, and the Battle for Land 08.06.2025
- Episode 225 - Between Diamonds and Desolation: The Griqua's Journey to East Griqualand 01.06.2025
- Episode 224 - El Niño’s and Al Nina’s and the Griqua Great Trek to Nomansland 25.05.2025
- Episode 223 - The Calliper and the Lens: Gustav Fritsch in the Southern Light (1863–1865) 18.05.2025
