Episode 275 — Pilgrims Rest, French Bob’s Gold and Barberton’s Champagne Foot Baths
History of South Africa podcast | 17.05.2026 14:22
Thousands of miners were streaming into the Transvaal by the third quarter of the 19th Century, a horde of avuncular independent-minded treasure hunters. In volume Two of the Cambridge History of South Africa, Stanley Trapido calls them the ragbag of humanity - Stanley who sadly is no longer with us, had the right to call miners whatever he wanted — having worked in Krugersdorp gold mines in order to pay for his History Degree at Wits University.
