A Brief History of South Africa, with Dave Steward | Big Think

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[StreetArtist]

"Until lions tell their tale, the story of the hunt will always glorify the hunter." Chinua Achebe

[ffreemantle]

One of the best summaries I have come across - brilliant!

[malafunkshun]

"Never put sociologists in charge of countries because they will do social engineering."

Interesting 🤔

[skywalkerneoblade]

South African history is so intricate and complicating. I'm a 28 year old south african and i'm still trying to understand.

[bleargh]

Fantastic to see and hear an expert just tell the whole story without a script or any silly animations (though I do like silly animations sometimes)!

[LaughingMan]

Why not mention that the English lost the first Boer War? And that during the second they used scorched earth policies and interred 1000s of woman and children (both native and white) into concentration camps, in which thousands died from starvation and disease? 

This isn't just a white take on South African History, but an English take on South African history.

[oddballomega]

Excellent, interesting video. History is an excellent tool for understanding where we are today and how things can change going forward.

[sddfg]

That was very informative, and yet I felt anxious through the whole thing, wondering what his biases were and if he was trying to sell me a filtered history/story.

[luyolo]

This was very clear, nice and clean perspective of the past. Hope South Africans could listen to this.

[franszeelie-frenchy]

He didn't mention the collapse of the USSR in 1990, which was pivotal to the decision by the NP to go ahead with the transformation. He also didn't mention the failure of CODESA1, which was in part due to the ANC's refusal to accept a federal government system, that would largely have prevented an unrealistic majority of a corrupt government .

[AvocadoDesperado_]

I don't know all the facts but I really enjoyed listening to him. He really put a lot of things in perspective for me. 

[genevievedavis]

So well spoken. A privilege and a pleasure to listen to such a well informed, intelligent, man.

[Shadowgunner]

Hendrik Verwoerd: oh we can have each group separated to created their own societies. We'll put the whites here, the zulus here, the xhosas here, and the Coloured here. This will work out perfectly

Random aide: uhh sir, it looks like you gave the whites 89% of the land.

Verwoerd: I don't see a problem here. Right, let's implement this plan.

And thus apartheid was born. (at least that's what I got from what this guy was saying)

[heaty]

Wow. Great video. I never really went deep into the dynamics here but this gentleman really put the SA story to perspective.

[aladjiibrahim]

South African history is thousands of years old. How Europeans can be so Idealistic thinking the begining of everything was starts with them is absolutely mind boggling. 🥴

[brc]

Who's watched the film 'Zulu' that's about the British taking over South Africa it's amazing film.

[popoful]

Anyone else impressed with his pronunciation of xhosa!?

[lillyofthevalley]

I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb… And they were shouting with a great roar, “Salvation comes from our God who sits on the throne and from the Lamb!”

[LetsViewTheWorld]

Only just found this channel, so many things I wanna watch!! Love it all! And this clip is no exception!
Firstly thanks to Big Think! I'm just starting an online TV channel and your passion and commitment to this channel is really inspirational and motivational!!
Secondly thanks to Dave! As a 35 yr old South African living abroad, you have given me bits of condensed history I've been craving to know !

[gssrustenburg]

Great history lesson. Much more complex than most thought.