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The Story of South Africa: Empire, Apartheid, and Transformation — Fexingo History
Episodes — page 6
South Africa's 1894 Glen Grey Act: Forging a Labour ForceLong before apartheid's grand architecture, a single piece of colonial legislation in the eastern Cape quietly engineered dispossession on an industrial scale. The 1894 Glen Grey A…
- The 1795 British Invasion of the Cape Colony
In September 1795, a British expeditionary force landed at Simon's Town and marched on Cape Town, forcing the surrender of the Dutch Cape Colony after a brief but decisive campaign…
- The 1966 Betrayal of Dimitri Tsafendas and the Death of Verwoerd
On September 6, 1966, a parliamentary messenger named Dimitri Tsafendas stabbed Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd to death in Cape Town. This episode explores Tsafendas's extraordina…
- The 1977 Assassination of Steve Biko: Black Consciousness Legacy
In this episode of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna explore the life and death of Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, whose brutal murder in polic…
- The 1913 Natives Land Act: How Law Forged Spatial Apartheid
In 1913, South Africa's newly formed Union government passed the Natives Land Act, a law that reserved just 7% of the country's land for black Africans, who made up over two-thirds…
- South Africa's 1911 Mines and Works Act: The Colour Bar Begins
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 1911 Mines and Works Act — a piece of legislation that cemented the 'colour bar' in South Africa's mining industry, reserving skilled jo…
- The 1834–35 Sixth Frontier War and the Xhosa Cattle-Killing
In this episode of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna explore the Sixth Frontier War (1834–1835) on the Eastern Cape, a conflict that reshaped relations between the Cape Col…
- The 1948 Election That Institutionalised Apartheid
In 1948, South Africa's general election delivered a seismic shift: the National Party, led by D.F. Malan, defeated Jan Smuts's United Party on a platform of apartheid. This episod…
- The 1913 Women's Anti-Pass Campaign in Bloemfontein
In 1913, months after the Natives Land Act, Black women in Bloemfontein launched a sustained campaign against pass laws that would foreshadow later anti-apartheid protests. This ep…
- The 1917 SS Mendi: South Africa's Largest Wartime Tragedy
In the early hours of February 21, 1917, the troopship SS Mendi collided with another vessel in the English Channel and sank within 25 minutes. Over 600 Black South African soldier…
- The 1819 Battle of Grahamstown: Xhosa Resistance on the Eastern Cape
In 1819, a force of some 6,000 Xhosa warriors led by the prophet Nxele attacked the British settlement of Grahamstown on the Eastern Cape frontier. This episode tells the story of…
- The Boer War Concentration Camps: Emily Hobhouse and the Scandal
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the British concentration camps of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902), a humanitarian catastrophe that claimed the lives of over 26,000 B…
- The 1947 Indian Ocean Tragedy: The SS Truro and the Satyagraha Pilgrims
In December 1947, the SS Truro sank off the South African coast, carrying over 140 Indian passengers—many of them elderly pilgrims returning from Hajj to Mecca. The disaster unfold…
- The 1976 Soweto Uprising: Students Against Apartheid Education
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 1976 Soweto Uprising, a pivotal moment in South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle. They focus on the immediate causes—particularly the im…
- The 1976 Soweto Uprising: Students Against Apartheid Education
In this episode of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna delve into the Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976. They explore the immediate trigger—the compulsory introduction of Afri…
- The 1956 Treason Trial: 156 Arrested, Four Years, One Verdict
On December 5, 1956, South African police raided homes and offices across the country, arresting 156 people—including Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, and Walter Sisulu—and charging t…
- The 1922 Rand Rebellion: White Workers Armed on the Witwatersrand
In March 1922, the streets of Johannesburg erupted in gunfire as thousands of white miners, armed and organized, fought a three-day battle against the South African state. This epi…
- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: South Africa's Reckoning
In 1995, newly elected President Nelson Mandela signed the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Chaired by Ar…
- The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion Against South Africa's WWI Entry
This episode dives into the Maritz Rebellion of 1914-1915, a pivotal uprising by Afrikaner nationalists against the Union of South Africa's decision to join World War I and invade…
- The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion Against South Africa's WWI Entry
In September 1914, as the Union of South Africa prepared to invade German South-West Africa on behalf of the British Empire, a group of Afrikaner commandos took up arms against the…
