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 249 - Three Columns and a Thousand Secrets: Chelmsford’s 1879 Invasion of Zululand (16.11.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Episode 248 - The Eagle and Four Hawks: The Making of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
- Episode 247 - A Ball of Sand Fallacy and Frere Demonizes Cetshwayo
- Episode 246 - Black Bricks, Armed Maids, and the Bloody Marriage of the Ngcugce
- Episode 245 - Sir Bartle Frere’s Excellent Adventure: A Gentleman’s Guide to Igniting Wars
- Episode 244 - Twitters' Transvaal Annexation, Rider Haggard’s Role and Railways
- Episode 243 - Guns, Germans and Steal: The Pedi War of 1876
- Episode 242 - Merchant Traders, Natal plantations, African farmers and the Harrismith Sour Veld Land Swindler
- Episode 241 - Yankee Babies, Monstrous Cobwebs, the Devil’s Cauldron and Rhodes’ Steam Engine
- Episode 240 - Carnarvon’s Confederation, a Pre-scramble for Africa Geopolitical Mashup & Free State Ships
- Episode 239 - The Central South African Powder Magazine and How Chief Langalibalele Ended up on Robben Island
- Episode 238 - ‘Another Little War’ at Bushman’s River Pass and the British Blow up Bits of the Drakensberg
- Episode 237 - Going Native, Coconuts, Hindu immigrants and Church and State in Natal
- Episode 236 - The Twelve Apostles, Rhodes buys Roodepoort, Sticky-Fingered Diamond Thieves and a New Pass System
- Episode 235 - Cetshwayo Glamped and Crowned, Shepstone Stalled, Masiphula Poisoned
- Episode 234: Babbage’s Final Calculation, the Cape Charts Its Own Course, and the End of Mpande’s Reign
- Episode 233 - Stafford Parker’s Unique Digger’s Republic and Free State/FNB Links
- Episode 232 - Diamond Geology as an Art, Dinosaur Veldskoene and Waterboer’s Claim
- Episode 231 - Protestants and Catholics Struggle for Moshoeshoe’s Soul in 1870
- Episode 230 - From Knysna’s Burning Forests to Tolstoy’s War and Peace: The World in 1869
- Episode 229 - Moshoeshoe and the Red Dust: How War and Famine Led to British Rule in Lesotho
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