# Paul Kruger
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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈkry.(j)ər]; 10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904) was a South African politician. He was one of the dominant political and military figures in 19th-century South Africa, and State President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900. Nicknamed "Oom Paul" (Afrikaans for 'Uncle Paul'), he came to international prominence as the face of the Boer cause—that of the Transvaal and its neighbour the Orange Free State—against Britain during the Second Boer War of 1899–1902.
Episode 278 - The South African Suez Canal, Stellaland and Goshen and James Honey's Murder Most Foul
In 1882, the German mathematician Ferdinand von Lindemann proved that π was transcendental: it cannot be reduced to a tidy equation, never captured inside the comfortable boundaries expected by mathematicians. For centuries mathematicians tried to “square the circle” — creating a perfect square ...
Episode 278 - The South African Suez Canal, Stellaland and Goshen and James Honey's Murder Most Foul
In 1882, the German mathematician Ferdinand von Lindemann proved that π was transcendental: it cannot be reduced to a tidy equation, never captured inside the comfortable boundaries expected by mathematicians. For centuries mathematicians tried to “square the circle” — creating a perfect square ...
Episode 283 - Warren’s Great North Road Balloon and Telegraph Escapade
Welcome back to the History of South Africa podcast with me your host, Des Latham. Episode 283 and it’s 1885.
And boy! Do we have a plethora of happenings to report.
This is a year before the discovery of gold in the Transvaal, and global events are full of war, innovation, ethnic carnage, e ...
Episode 283 - Warren’s Great North Road Balloon and Telegraph Escapade
Welcome back to the History of South Africa podcast with me your host, Des Latham. Episode 283 and it’s 1885.
And boy! Do we have a plethora of happenings to report.
This is a year before the discovery of gold in the Transvaal, and global events are full of war, innovation, ethnic carnage, e ...
Episode 286 - German Mercenary von Brandis formally Proclaims Johannesburg
Welcome back to the history of South Africa podcast with me your host, Des Latham.
This is episode 286 - Johannesburg is proclaimed but the flow of water and cash provs challenging.
We’ll start however, with the Orange Free State. Its president Johannes Brand was certainly carved from an orig ...
Episode 286 - German Mercenary von Brandis formally Proclaims Johannesburg
Welcome back to the history of South Africa podcast with me your host, Des Latham.
This is episode 286 - Johannesburg is proclaimed but the flow of water and cash provs challenging.
We’ll start however, with the Orange Free State. Its president Johannes Brand was certainly carved from an orig ...
Paul Kruger Part Two - The Latter Years
The Jameson Raid has failed.
Paul Kruger stands at the height of his power, respected by his people and recognised across the world as the defender of Boer independence. Yet victory brings no peace.
The goldfields continue to grow. Relations with Britain deteriorate. New voices demand reform whi ...
Cecil Rhodes Part Two - The Fall
Cecil Rhodes entered the eighteen nineties as one of the most powerful men in the British Empire.
He controlled the world’s largest diamond company, dominated politics in the Cape Colony and helped extend British influence deep into southern Africa. To many contemporaries, his rise seemed unstop ...
Cecil Rhodes Part One - The Rise
Cecil Rhodes remains one of the most controversial figures in southern African history.
To some, he was a visionary whose energy and ambition helped shape the modern region. To others, he was an empire-builder whose actions left a deeply contested legacy.
In this first part of a two-part series, ...
Paul Kruger Part One - The Rise
Before the gold, before the war, and before he became the most recognisable Boer in the world, Paul Kruger was a boy growing up on the South African frontier.
In this first part of a two-part series, we follow Kruger’s journey from the Great Trek through the turbulent years that shaped his chara ...
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