Episode 131 - Sharpened horns at the battle of eGabeni and the story of the Liebenberg girls
Episode 131 - Sharpened horns at the battle of eGabeni and the story of the Liebenberg girls
Mzilikazi Khumalo was trying to piece together his shattered amaNdebele after the attack on Mosega in early 1837 by the ... Read more
13 Aug 2023
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25mins
Episode 130 - Piet Uys’ 1820 Settler Bible and the Qadi cut poles
Episode 130 - Piet Uys’ 1820 Settler Bible and the Qadi cut poles
This is episode 130 and the Voortrekkers are moving inexorably towards Natal, where the Zulu king Dingana awaits. At a... Read more
6 Aug 2023
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18mins
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EPISODE 129 - Lindley blesses the Boers, a sweep of 1837 and Stockenström’s bitter end
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We are trundling along late in 1837, and as you heard last week, Dingane was dabbling in cross border raids, or at least... Read more
29 Jul 2023
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EPISODE 128 - Dingane smells blood and Retief leads the United Laagers
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This is episode 128 and the bell is tolling for Mzilikazi Khumalo of the amaNdebele. We’ll also hear about the introduct... Read more
23 Jul 2023
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Episode 127 - Predikant blues and Piet Retief’s manifesto
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When I started this series off a couple of years ago, it was a dive into the deep end — although it was the sixth podcas... Read more
16 Jul 2023
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21mins
Episode 126 - A Voortrekker commando takes revenge and the sedulous Susanna Smit
Episode 126 - A Voortrekker commando takes revenge and the sedulous Susanna Smit
The Voortrekkers had survived the trauma of the Battle of Vegkop, they had narrowly survived and as they huddled togethe... Read more
7 Jul 2023
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23mins
Episode 125 - The Battle of Vegkop pits the Voortrekkers against the amaNdebele
Episode 125 - The Battle of Vegkop pits the Voortrekkers against the amaNdebele
Last episode, we heard how the battle of Kopjeskraal near Parys had ended, where Mzilikazi’s second in command Kaliphi a... Read more
2 Jul 2023
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31mins
Episode 124 - The difference between Trekboers and Voortrekkers and the battle of Kopjeskraal
Episode 124 - The difference between Trekboers and Voortrekkers and the battle of Kopjeskraal
Last episode we ended with Hendrick Potgieter and Sarel Cilliers riding to try and find a route to Delagoa Bay, and meet... Read more
25 Jun 2023
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23mins
Episode 123 - The Voortrekkers as Israelites and Mzilikazi is about to become Pharaoh
Episode 123 - The Voortrekkers as Israelites and Mzilikazi is about to become Pharaoh
Just a quick thank you to the folks at East coast Radio, Diane and DW, for promoting this podcast with listeners to that... Read more
17 Jun 2023
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27mins
Episode 122 - Lord Glenelg moulds a troublous history
Episode 122 - Lord Glenelg moulds a troublous history
Let’s take another look at the push factors driving the Voortrekkers away from their frontier farms. Most had lived on t... Read more
11 Jun 2023
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21mins
