Podcast
The Story of South Africa: Empire, Apartheid, and Transformation — Fexingo History
Episodes — page 5
South Africa 1956 Women's March Against Pass LawsOn August 9, 1956, 20,000 women from all racial backgrounds marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest the extension of pass laws to women. Organized by the Federation o…
- The 1948 Election That Brought Apartheid to Power
In 1948, South Africa held a general election that reshaped its future. Against expectations, D.F. Malan's National Party defeated Jan Smuts's United Party on a platform of aparthe…
- The Freedom Charter South Africa's Vision for a Non-Racial Future
In June 1955, thousands of South Africans of all races gathered in a dusty field in Kliptown, Johannesburg, to adopt a document that would become the moral compass of the anti-apar…
- South Africa 1966: The Rise of John Vorster and Apartheid's Iron Fist
In 1966, South Africa saw the assassination of Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd and the rise of John Vorster, a former Nazi sympathizer who would intensify apartheid's security appa…
- The 1946 African Mine Workers' Strike and the Birth of Mass Resistance
In August 1946, 100,000 black mine workers on the Witwatersrand gold fields walked off the job, demanding higher wages and the right to form unions. The strike was brutally suppres…
- The 1913 Natives Land Act and the Making of South Africa
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the devastating impact of South Africa's 1913 Natives Land Act, which confined the African majority to just 7% of the land. They trace the a…
- South Africa 1950s The Sophiatown Removal and the Destruction of a Community
In the 1950s, the apartheid government declared Sophiatown, a vibrant, multiracial suburb of Johannesburg, a 'black spot' and slated it for destruction. Over 60,000 residents were…
- South Africa 1877: The Sekhukhune War and Pedi Resistance
In 1877, the British Empire clashed with the Pedi kingdom under King Sekhukhune in what became known as the Sekhukhune War. This episode unpacks the causes, key battles, and afterm…
- The 1947 Fagan Commission: Apartheid's Fork in the Road
In 1947, as South Africa stood at a crossroads between segregation and the draconian system soon to be known as apartheid, a government-appointed commission delivered a surprising…
- Nelson Mandela's Rivonia Trial Speech: The Speech That Shook Apartheid
In 1964, Nelson Mandela stood in the Pretoria Supreme Court and delivered a four-hour speech that would become one of the defining moments of the anti-apartheid struggle. This epis…
- Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement
In this episode, Lucas and Luna delve into the life and philosophy of Steve Biko, a pivotal figure in South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle. They explore the rise of the Black Con…
- South Africa 1914: The Birth of the Afrikaner Rebellion
In 1914, as the world plunged into the Great War, a different war erupted in South Africa. Afrikaner nationalists, bitter about the recent Anglo-Boer War, rose up against the Union…
- South Africa 1917: The Birth of the ANC and the Fight for Land
In the aftermath of the 1913 Natives Land Act, which stripped black South Africans of land ownership, a new generation of African leaders gathered in Bloemfontein to form the South…
- South Africa 1906 Bambatha Rebellion: Zulu Uprising Against Tax
In 1906, the British colony of Natal imposed a poll tax that sparked a Zulu uprising led by Chief Bambatha kaMancinza. This episode explores the roots of the rebellion in land disp…
- South Africa 1977 Black Local Authorities Act Resistance
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 1977 Black Local Authorities Act, a piece of apartheid legislation that aimed to entrench segregation by creating powerless, corrupt mun…
- The 1923 Native Urban Areas Act and the Roots of Urban Apartheid
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 1923 Native Urban Areas Act, a foundational piece of segregationist legislation that set the stage for decades of urban apartheid in Sou…
- South Africa 1914 Sanitary Segregation and the Plague
In 1901, bubonic plague struck Cape Town. The city's response set a terrifying precedent for racial segregation in South Africa—one that would echo through the next century. This e…
- South Africa 1879: The Anglo-Zulu War and Isandlwana
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War, focusing on the stunning Zulu victory at Isandlwana and the subsequent British defense at Rorke's Drift. They discu…
- South Africa 1976: The Soweto Uprising and the Youth Revolt
On June 16, 1976, thousands of Sowetan schoolchildren took to the streets to protest the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. What began as a peaceful march turned i…
- South Africa 1966: John Vorster and Apartheid's Hardening
In the mid-1960s, after the Sharpeville massacre and the banning of liberation movements, South Africa entered a period of brutal consolidation. This episode focuses on Prime Minis…
