Episode 79 - Reitz meets the Doppers and a wild-eyed prophet as the Gold Mines chug back to life
Episode 79 is full of strange swirling tales where Deneys Reitz our intrepid Boer narrator has been separated from his brother near Rustenberg after riding to fetch his all important saddle bags. Then...
24 Mar 201918min
Episode 78 - American blockhouses from Cuba and the enigma that was the pro-Boer John Tengo Jabavu
The ides of March were upon the British in South Africa as they continued chasing the ghost generals, Smuts, de la Rey, Beyers, de Wet across a cooling landscape that had begun its Southern Hemisphere...
17 Mar 201922min
Episode 77- Kitchener’s peace talks fail and De Wet experiences a miracle
Episode 77 and the Great de Wet hunt sees the English cornering their quarry in the North East Cape Colony, close to Hopetown. The mercurial Boer general Christiaan de Wet has given up the plan to inv...
10 Mar 201921min
Episode 76 - Labram loses his head, darkness is De Wet’s salvation & Peace Talks begin
This week we continue learning about Americans in the war and ride with Christiaan de Wet as he scurries back across the Orange River - his attempts at invading the Cape ending in failure. There are a...
3 Mar 201922min
Episode 75 - Cowboys, Theodore Roosevelt & Americans in the Anglo-Boer War
This week I'm focusing on America and Americans who fought in the war. What made Americans travel half way around the world to fight for both the Boers and the English? The initial answer is obvious ...
24 Feb 201919min
Episode 74 - Louis Botha surprises the British near Ermelo & De Wet crosses a swamp in the Karoo.
The guerrilla campaign is moving ahead swiftly, while in the northern Cape, the Great De Wet Hunt is in full swing. In the Eastern Transvaal, General Louis Botha had attacked the British in a surpri...
17 Feb 201920min
Episode 73 - Malperd Dies, the ACC disbands & The Great De Wet Hunt begins
This week Deneys Reitz finds himself walking, while the Great de Wet Hunt begins in the Northern Cape and Free State. I would like to thank listeners for the wonderful messages I've received and sugg...
10 Feb 201917min
Episode 72 - Breaker Morant, Bulala Taylor and a British Military War Crimes Court Case
This week we explore incidents involving Australians based in Pretoria who committed war crimes and were executed. But what really happened? I’m going to try and detach the myth from the reality a...
3 Feb 201919min
