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The Story of South Africa: Empire, Apartheid, and Transformation — Fexingo History
Episodes — page 7
The 1922 Rand Rebellion: White Miners Uprising on the WitwatersrandIn March 1922, Johannesburg's Witwatersrand gold mining district erupted in open insurrection as 20,000 white miners took up arms against the South African state. This episode expl…
- The 1993 Multiparty Negotiations and South Africa's Interim Constitution
In 1993, as South Africa teetered on the brink of civil war, a remarkable negotiation process produced an interim constitution that would guide the country through its first democr…
- The 1838 Great Trek: Voortrekkers and the Battle of Blood River
In this episode, we explore the Great Trek of the 1830s and 1840s, when thousands of Dutch-speaking frontier farmers (Voortrekkers) left the Cape Colony to establish independent re…
- The 1977 Death of Steve Biko: South Africa's Black Consciousness Martyr
This episode examines the life, activism, and brutal death of Steve Biko, the founding president of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and a leading figure of the Blac…
- The 1913 Natives Land Act and the Birth of the ANC
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the 1913 Natives Land Act, which dispossessed millions of Black South Africans and laid the foundation for apartheid. They explore the Act's…
- The 1955 Congress of the People: South Africa's Freedom Charter
In June 1955, nearly 3,000 South Africans of all races gathered in a dusty field in Kliptown, outside Johannesburg, under the shadow of police surveillance. They came to adopt the…
- The 1948 National Party Victory and the Formalising of Apartheid
In 1948, South Africa's white voters went to the polls and elected a government that would entrench racial segregation for nearly half a century. This episode unpacks the shock vic…
- The Bloemfontein Conference: South Africa's Last Chance for Peace
In 1899, with war clouds gathering over South Africa, Afrikaner leader Paul Kruger and British High Commissioner Sir Alfred Milner met at Bloemfontein for a final attempt to avoid…
- The 1915 Afrikaner Rebellion in South West Africa: General Maritz's German Alliance
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the lesser-known second phase of the 1914 Maritz Rebellion, when General Manie Maritz fled across the border into German South-West Africa a…
- The 1906 Bhambatha Rebellion: Zulu Uprising Against Poll Tax
In 1906, the British colony of Natal imposed a £1 poll tax on every adult male African, sparking a rebellion led by Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza of the Zondi clan. This episode trace…
- The 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift
In this episode, Lucas and Luna revisit the dramatic 1879 Anglo-Zulu War, focusing on the crushing Zulu victory at Isandlwana and the famed British defense at Rorke's Drift. They e…
- The 1976 Soweto Uprising Aftermath: Exile and the Armed Struggle
The Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976, was a seismic event in South African history, but what happened to the students who survived? In this episode, hosts Lucas and Luna trace the…
- The 1976 Soweto Uprising: South Africa’s Turning Point
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the 1976 Soweto Uprising, a pivotal moment in South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle. They explore the immediate cause—the compulsory teac…
- The Mfecane: South Africa's Forgotten Cataclysm
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Mfecane — the period of upheaval and state formation in early 19th-century Southern Africa that reshaped the region. They focus on the r…
- South Africa's 1914 Rebellion: Jopie Fourie's Execution and Afrikaner Martyrdom
In this episode of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna explore the tragic story of Jopie Fourie, the Afrikaner rebel executed by the Union government in 1914. Fourie, a staun…
- The 1946 African Mine Workers' Strike: A Forgotten Uprising
In August 1946, 100,000 black mine workers on the Witwatersrand downed tools in the largest strike in South African history. Led by African Mine Workers' Union president J.B. Marks…
- The 1946 Mine Strike: South Africa's Forgotten Labor Uprising
In August 1946, 100,000 Black gold miners on the Witwatersrand walked off the job in one of the largest labor actions in South African history. The African Mine Workers' Strike was…
- The 1913 Natives Land Act's Long Shadow: Land Dispossession in South Africa
In 1913, the Natives Land Act confined the majority of South Africa's black population to just seven percent of the land. This episode explores the act's devastating impact through…
- The 1820 British Settlers: South Africa's Eastern Cape Transformation
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the arrival of roughly 4,000 British settlers to the Eastern Cape in 1820 — a planned migration that reshaped the frontier between the Cape…
- The 1968 SASO Formation: Black Consciousness Rising
In 1968, a group of black university students led by Steve Biko founded the South African Students' Organisation (SASO), breaking away from the white-dominated National Union of So…
