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The Story of South Africa: Empire, Apartheid, and Transformation — Fexingo History
Episodes — page 9
Mandela's 1964 Rivonia Speech: Why I Cherish My Own IdealsIn 1964, eight men accused of sabotage faced the death penalty in a Pretoria courtroom. Lucas and Luna dive into the Rivonia Trial, focusing on Nelson Mandela's four-hour address f…
- The 1922 Rand Rebellion: White Workers Rise Up
In 1922, the gold mines of the Witwatersrand became the scene of a violent uprising unlike any other in South African history. Armed white miners, flying the red flag and the old T…
- The 1956 Treason Trial: 156 Accused, Four Years, Apartheid's Legal War
In December 1956, South African police raided homes and offices across the country, arresting 156 people — activists, lawyers, teachers, and housewives — on charges of high treason…
- The 1946 Mine Strike: Black Workers vs Apartheid Before Apartheid
In August 1946, over 60,000 black gold miners on the Witwatersrand downed tools in South Africa's largest strike by black workers up to that point. Led by J.B. Marks and the Africa…
- The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in South Africa: A Forgotten Catastrophe
In this episode of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna explore the devastating impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on South Africa. With over 300,000 deaths in just six wee…
- The Boer War Concentration Camps: Emily Hobhouse's Campaign
During the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), the British army implemented a scorched-earth policy that herded Boer civilians—mostly women and children—into concentration camps. Co…
- The Xhosa Cattle-Killing: A Nation's Transformation Through Prophecy
In 1856, the Xhosa people faced a devastating choice that would reshape their future. This episode explores the Cattle-Killing movement, sparked by the teenage prophetess Nongqawus…
- The Siege of Mafeking: Heroism, Farce, and Empire
In Episode 53 of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna explore the Siege of Mafeking (1899-1900), one of the most dramatic and bizarre episodes of the Second Anglo-Boer War. Th…
- The 1914 Boer Rebellion: South Africa's Civil War Within
When World War I broke out in 1914, South Africa—a British dominion—was expected to fight against Germany. But many Afrikaners, still nursing wounds from the Anglo-Boer War, saw an…
- The Sand River Convention: Boer Independence Won Without a Shot
In 1852, a small gathering on a sandy riverbank in the Transvaal changed the course of southern African history. The Sand River Convention saw the British Empire formally recognize…
- The 1820 Settlers: Britain's Forgotten Colony in South Africa
In 1820, nearly 4,000 British settlers landed in Algoa Bay, sent by the British government to secure the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony. This episode of The Story of South Afr…
- Diamonds and Division: The Kimberley Diggings and South African Capitalism
Before gold transformed the Witwatersrand, diamonds changed everything in South Africa. This episode follows the story of the Kimberley diamond fields, from the 1867 discovery of t…
- The 1948 Election That Brought Apartheid to Power
In 1948, South Africa held a national election that would reshape the country for decades. This episode dives into the surprising victory of D.F. Malan's Herenigde Nasionale Party,…
- The 1976 Soweto Uprising: Students Who Defied Apartheid
On June 16, 1976, thousands of black students in Soweto took to the streets to protest the imposition of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in their schools. The peaceful march…
- The 1879 Zulu Civil War: Cetshwayo, Usibepu, and the British Divide
After the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, the British carved up the Zulu kingdom into 13 chiefdoms, setting off a brutal civil war. This episode follows the deposed King Cetshwayo's desper…
- The 1913 Natives Land Act: How South Africa's Spatial Apartheid Began
In 1913, four decades before formal apartheid, South Africa's newly unified parliament passed the Natives Land Act — a single piece of legislation that tore millions from their lan…
- Mpondo Revolt: The Last Anti-Apartheid Uprising of the 1960s
In 1960, as South Africa's anti-apartheid movement faced severe state repression after Sharpeville, a rural rebellion erupted in the distant Transkei region. The Mpondo Revolt was…
- The Great Trek: Voortrekkers, Massacre, and a New Nation
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Great Trek, the mass migration of Dutch-speaking Boers from the Cape Colony into the interior of South Africa in the 1830s and 1840s. We…
- The 1946 Mine Strike: Black Workers vs Apartheid Before Apartheid
They called it the Rand Autumn Rebellion. In August 1946, over 100,000 black mineworkers walked off the job across the Witwatersrand goldfields, defying the African Mine Workers' U…
- The First Boer War: Majuba Hill and the British Defeat
In Episode 41 of The Story of South Africa, Lucas and Luna explore the First Anglo-Boer War (1880–1881), a brief but decisive conflict that saw a ragtag Boer commando humiliate the…
