History of South Africa podcast by Desmond Latham

310 - Episode 294 - Ndebele Envoys in England and Selous Translates

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.

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310 - Episode 294 - Ndebele Envoys in England and Selous Translates

Wed, 23 Sep 2026
309 - Episode 293 - The Rudd Concession: Paper, Powder, and Grand Theft Zambesia

Sun, 20 Sep 2026
308 - Episode 292 - Irish Nationalists, the Grobler Affair and Manifest Destiny

Sun, 13 Sep 2026
307 - Episode 291 - The Miracle of South Africa’s Railways: Navvies, Gangers and Granny Mavis

Sun, 06 Sep 2026
306 - Episode 290 - Africanders, Afrikaners and the Sprigg/Hofmeyr/Rhodes Voter Disenfranchisement of 1887-1892

Sun, 30 Aug 2026
305 - Episode 289 - Black Velvet Opskop, De Beers’ Trojan Horse, an Historic Trick and a Multi-Racial Miner Protest

Sun, 23 Aug 2026
304 - Episode 288 - Squabbling Europeans Dissect Africa and the Sultan of Zanzibar gets Shafted

Sun, 16 Aug 2026
303 - Episode 287 - "Not Worth Hell Room" — JB Robinson, Widow Oosthuizen, and the Witwatersrand Gold Grab

Sun, 09 Aug 2026
302 - Episode 286 - German Mercenary von Brandis formally Proclaims Johannesburg

Sun, 02 Aug 2026
301 - Episode 285 - The Three Georges Gold Saga and a Bottle of Mampoer Vignette

Sun, 26 Jul 2026
300 - Episode 284 - Australians and the Struben Brothers Hunt Gold on the Ridge of White Waters

Sun, 19 Jul 2026
299 - Episode 283 - Warren’s Great North Road Balloon and Telegraph Escapade

Sun, 12 Jul 2026
298 - Episode 282 - The Scramble for Africa Berlin Conference of 1884/5 and Lüderitz becomes German

Sun, 05 Jul 2026
297 - Episode 281 - The Boers anoint Dinizulu King of the Zulus

Sun, 28 Jun 2026
296 - Episode 280 - Zibhebhu’s Mandlakazi shatter Cetshwayo’s uSuthu setting off a Zulu Civil War

Sun, 21 Jun 2026
295 - Episode 279 - Dean Williams and Bishop Merriman compete for Anglican Souls as De Villiers Graaff Ponders

Sun, 14 Jun 2026
294 - Episode 278 - The South African Suez Canal, Stellaland and Goshen and James Honey's Murder Most Foul

Sun, 07 Jun 2026
293 - Episode 277 - Cetshwayo visits Queen Victoria and the Victorian link between Afghanistan and Zululand

Sun, 31 May 2026
292 - Episode 276 — Okavango Khwebe Wind and a Dorsland Trekker Angolan Odyssey

Sun, 24 May 2026
291 - Episode 275 — Pilgrims Rest, French Bob’s Gold and Barberton’s Champagne Foot Baths

Sun, 17 May 2026
290 - Episode 274 - The Pretoria Convention ends the First Anglo-Boer War, Suzerainty Unresolved

Sun, 10 May 2026
289 - Episode 273 - The Mountain of Destiny: Majuba and the Birth of a Nation

Sun, 03 May 2026
288 - Episode 272 - The Boers wring Major General Colley’s Column at Laing’s Nek

Sun, 26 Apr 2026
287 - Episode 271 - Basutoland Gun War, Gold Coast and Ottoman Empire

Sun, 19 Apr 2026
286 - Episode 270 - Kruger vs Black Michael and Courageous Women at the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit

Sun, 12 Apr 2026
285 - Episode 269 - Bapedi Chief Sekhukhune’s Cruel Fate and the Afrikaner Paradox

Sun, 05 Apr 2026
284 - Episode 268 - The Theodolite and the Hardepad: Thomas Bain’s Silent Mountain Pass Artisans

Sun, 29 Mar 2026
283 - Episode 267 - Betrayal at the End: Mnyamana, Cetshwayo’s Dutchman, and the Crushing of the Zulu Kingdom

Sun, 22 Mar 2026
282 - Episode 266: The Wakkerstroom Boer-Zulu Alliance and the death of Prince Napoleon

Sun, 15 Mar 2026
281 - Episode 265 – John Dunn’s MI5 Connection, Gingindlovu, and the Relief of Eshowe

Sun, 08 Mar 2026
280 - Episode 264 - The Forgotten Battle of Khambula (1879): The Turning Point of the Anglo-Zulu War

Sun, 01 Mar 2026
279 - Episode 263 - How Black Voters Helped Elect Cecil Rhodes: Kimberley and the Cape Franchise, 1879

Sun, 22 Feb 2026
278 - Episode 262 - The Battle of Hlobane – Cowardice, Confusion and the Reckoning at Devil’s Pass

Sat, 14 Feb 2026
277 - Episode 261 - Zulu War: Ntombe River Massacre & Prince Hamu’s Defection

Sun, 08 Feb 2026
276 - -DELETED- Episode 260 - Touring South Africa pre-1880, How Woolworths started and Rowlands Folly

Fri, 30 Jan 2026
275 - Episode 260 - Touring South Africa pre-1880, the Tangled Tale of Woolworths and Disraeli Gears

Fri, 30 Jan 2026
274 - Episode 259 - After Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift: Ghost Armies and a Unique Truce During a Savage War

Sat, 24 Jan 2026
273 - Episode 258 - Rorke’s Drift, Part Two: Dabulamanzi’s Gamble and Chard’s Night of Horrors

Sun, 18 Jan 2026
272 - Episode 257 - Rorke’s Drift Part I: Defiance, Disobedience and the Aftermath of Isandlwana

Sun, 11 Jan 2026
271 - Episode 256 - The Lightning of Heaven Release Spirits as Rorke’s Drift Comes into Play

Sun, 04 Jan 2026
270 - Episode 255 - A Partial Eclipse of the Sun Spreads a Dark Veil Over Bloody Isandlwana

Sun, 28 Dec 2025
269 - Episode 254 - Skop, Skiet and Donner on the Day of the Dead Moon

Sun, 21 Dec 2025
268 - Episode 253 - The order of Battle Before Isandlwana and Nyezane and ‘ukhuni’ Wood Heads North

Sat, 13 Dec 2025
267 - Episode 252 — Chelmsford’s Fatal Confidence: The Day Before Isandlwana

Sun, 07 Dec 2025
266 - Episode 251 - The Grey Vultures of Ondini Gather Before a March to Isandhlwana where Pride Met Prophecy

Sun, 30 Nov 2025
265 - Episode 250 - Nqutu's Rocky Mountains: British officers bicker then Zulu Snipers target an entomologist hunting beetles

Sun, 23 Nov 2025
264 - Episode 249 - Three Columns and a Thousand Secrets: Chelmsford’s 1879 Invasion of Zululand

Sun, 16 Nov 2025
263 - Episode 248 - The Eagle and Four Hawks: The Making of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

Sun, 09 Nov 2025
262 - Episode 247 - A Ball of Sand Fallacy and Frere Demonizes Cetshwayo

Sun, 02 Nov 2025
261 - Episode 246 - Black Bricks, Armed Maids, and the Bloody Marriage of the Ngcugce

Sun, 26 Oct 2025

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