7 Podcast Episodes
Episode 3: Louis Botha in Asab, Namibia
Episode 3: Louis Botha in Asab, Namibia
Ron and Adam, record their first podcast in another country, reflecting on their first 10 days of the adventure. This in... Read more
7 Feb 2022
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57mins
Ep170 – Louis Botha, South African PM during WW1 – Prof. Ian Van Der Waag & Dr Tony Garcia
Ep170 – Louis Botha, South African PM during WW1 – Prof. Ian Van Der Waag & Dr Tony Garcia
Professor Ian Van Der Waag, Professor and Head of Department of Military History at Stellenbosch University, and Dr Tony... Read more
20 Jul 2020
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Episode 137 -Smuts meets a ragged Louis Botha and a Boer spy loses her mind momentarily
Episode 137 -Smuts meets a ragged Louis Botha and a Boer spy loses her mind momentarily
First we join General Jan Smuts who has been waiting in Cape Town for the British to lay on a a train to take him inland... Read more
3 May 2020
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19mins
Episode 105 - General Louis Botha stumbles & sleet causes chaos for Jan Smuts
Episode 105 - General Louis Botha stumbles & sleet causes chaos for Jan Smuts
An incredible turn of events was taking place after a few icy months of winter - the Boers were waking up like hibernati... Read more
22 Sep 2019
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19mins
Episode 86 - General Louis Botha grows despondent while Reitz plays cat and mouse with the English
Episode 86 - General Louis Botha grows despondent while Reitz plays cat and mouse with the English
We’ve reached May 1901 and surprisingly, General Louis Botha is trying to reach out to Lord Kitchener who is the British... Read more
12 May 2019
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18mins
Episode 74 - Louis Botha surprises the British near Ermelo & De Wet crosses a swamp in the Karoo.
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 t... Read more
17 Feb 2019
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20mins
Episode 47 - General Buller reappears, Louis Botha plots and "Johnny" Hamilton bungles.
Episode 47 - General Buller reappears, Louis Botha plots and "Johnny" Hamilton bungles.
In this episode General Buller makes a return and some of his slow moving tactics start paying off. Lord Kitchener compl... Read more
12 Aug 2018
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18mins