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The Story of South Africa: Empire, Apartheid, and Transformation — Fexingo History
Episodes — page 8
The 1956 Treason Trial: The State vs 156 South AfricansIn December 1956, the Apartheid government stunned the nation by raiding homes and offices across South Africa, arresting 156 prominent anti-apartheid activists in a single day. Ch…
- The 1922 Rand Rebellion: White Workers Rise Up
In March 1922, Johannesburg was a war zone. White miners, backed by armed commandos, took up arms against the state in what became known as the Rand Rebellion. This episode explore…
- The 1992 Boipatong Massacre: Negotiation and Violence in South Africa's Transition
In June 1992, as South Africa stumbled toward its first democratic elections, a horrific massacre in the Vaal Triangle settlement of Boipatong nearly derailed the entire negotiated…
- The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion: South Africa's Civil War Over WWI
In 1914, just four years after the Union of South Africa was formed, the country plunged into a brief but bitter civil war. When Prime Minister Louis Botha committed South African…
- The 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and the Birth of PAC
On 21 March 1960, peaceful anti-pass protesters in Sharpeville were gunned down by police, killing 69 and wounding 180. This episode reconstructs the day, introduces the Pan Africa…
- The 1856 Xhosa Cattle-Killing and the Prophetess Nongqawuse
In 1856, a teenage girl named Nongqawuse emerged from the banks of the Gxarha River in British Kaffraria with a prophecy: the amaXhosa must slaughter their cattle and destroy their…
- The 1879 Anglo-Zulu War: Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift
This episode of The Story of South Africa: Empire, Apartheid, and Transformation examines the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War, a pivotal conflict that reshaped Southern Africa. Lucas and Luna…
- South Africa's 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion and the Treason Court
In this episode of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna revisit the 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion against South Africa's entry into World War I, but from a fresh angle: the afterma…
- The 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion Against South Africa's WWI Entry
In this episode of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna delve into the 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion, a revolt by Boer commandos against the Union of South Africa's decision to joi…
- South Africa's 1894 Glen Grey Act: Forging a Labour Force
Long 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…
