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 258 - Rorke’s Drift, Part Two: Dabulamanzi’s Gamble and Chard’s Night of Horrors (18.01.2026)
Previous Episodes
- Episode 257 - Rorke’s Drift Part I: Defiance, Disobedience and the Aftermath of Isandlwana
- Episode 256 - The Lightning of Heaven Release Spirits as Rorke’s Drift Comes into Play
- Episode 255 - A Partial Eclipse of the Sun Spreads a Dark Veil Over Bloody Isandlwana
- Episode 254 - Skop, Skiet and Donner on the Day of the Dead Moon
- Episode 253 - The order of Battle Before Isandlwana and Nyezane and ‘ukhuni’ Wood Heads North
- Episode 252 — Chelmsford’s Fatal Confidence: The Day Before Isandlwana
- Episode 251 - The Grey Vultures of Ondini Gather Before a March to Isandhlwana where Pride Met Prophecy
- Episode 250 - Nqutu's Rocky Mountains: British officers bicker then Zulu Snipers target an entomologist hunting beetles
- Episode 249 - Three Columns and a Thousand Secrets: Chelmsford’s 1879 Invasion of Zululand
- 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
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