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History of South Africa podcast

History of South Africa podcast

A series that seeks to tell the story of the South Africa in some depth.

Desmond Latham

290 episodesEN

Show overview

History of South Africa podcast has been publishing since 2021, and across the 5 years since has built a catalogue of 290 episodes. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 20 min and 24 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language History show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 35 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Desmond Latham.

Episodes
290
Running
2021–2026 · 5y
Median length
22 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

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 Episodes

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

Aug 23, 202621 min

Episode 288 - Squabbling Europeans Dissect Africa and the Sultan of Zanzibar gets Shafted

Aug 16, 202620 min

Episode 287 - "Not Worth Hell Room" — JB Robinson, Widow Oosthuizen, and the Witwatersrand Gold Grab

Aug 9, 202621 min

Episode 286 - German Mercenary von Brandis formally Proclaims Johannesburg

Aug 2, 202622 min

Episode 285 - The Three Georges Gold Saga and a Bottle of Mampoer Vignette

Jul 26, 202619 min

Episode 284 - Australians and the Struben Brothers Hunt Gold on the Ridge of White Waters

Jul 19, 202621 min

Episode 283 - Warren’s Great North Road Balloon and Telegraph Escapade

Jul 12, 202618 min

Episode 282 - The Scramble for Africa Berlin Conference of 1884/5 and Lüderitz becomes German

Jul 5, 202623 min

Episode 281 - The Boers anoint Dinizulu King of the Zulus

Jun 28, 202625 min

Episode 280 - Zibhebhu’s Mandlakazi shatter Cetshwayo’s uSuthu setting off a Zulu Civil War

Jun 21, 202632 min

Episode 279 - Dean Williams and Bishop Merriman compete for Anglican Souls as De Villiers Graaff Ponders

Jun 14, 202620 min

Episode 278 - The South African Suez Canal, Stellaland and Goshen and James Honey's Murder Most Foul

Jun 7, 202620 min

Episode 277 - Cetshwayo visits Queen Victoria and the Victorian link between Afghanistan and Zululand

May 31, 202618 min

Episode 276 — Okavango Khwebe Wind and a Dorsland Trekker Angolan Odyssey

May 24, 202618 min

Episode 275 — Pilgrims Rest, French Bob’s Gold and Barberton’s Champagne Foot Baths

May 17, 202626 min

Episode 274 - The Pretoria Convention ends the First Anglo-Boer War, Suzerainty Unresolved

May 10, 202628 min

Episode 273 - The Mountain of Destiny: Majuba and the Birth of a Nation

May 3, 202619 min

Episode 272 - The Boers wring Major General Colley’s Column at Laing’s Nek

Apr 26, 202619 min

Episode 271 - Basutoland Gun War, Gold Coast and Ottoman Empire

Apr 19, 202622 min

Episode 270 - Kruger vs Black Michael and Courageous Women at the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit

Apr 12, 202621 min
Desmond Latham