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 236 - The Twelve Apostles, Rhodes buys Roodepoort, Sticky-Fingered Diamond Thieves and a New Pass System (17.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- 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
- Episode 222 - Global events 1863, Namaqualand Copper and Gunny Sack Shacks 11.05.2025
- Episode 221 - Free State Judges, the Transvaal Civil War and the Architecture of Deliberation 04.05.2025
- Episode 220 - The Transvaal Civil War of 1862-1864 and Paul Kruger’s Dopping Doppers 27.04.2025
- Episode 219 - The Snarled Chronicle of John Orr, Wodehouse Blues and Mercantile Matters 20.04.2025
- Episode 218 - Lifestyle Update 1861 and an Ode to Landscape Motion Intensity and Physiology 13.04.2025
- Episode 217 - Lovedale, amaXhosa Chiefs Languish on Robben Island and the American Civil War 04.04.2025
- Episode 216 - Mpande and Cetshwayo’s Shakespearean Drama Continues, it’s all King Lear, Richard III and Macbeth 30.03.2025
