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Jan Smuts is born

Smuts

Date
24 May 1870
Updated
23 May 2021
Smuts

Jan Christian Smuts, who became South Africa's second Prime Minister in 1919, was born on the farm Bovenplaats near Riebeeck West in the Cape. Smuts had a distinguished political career as an international statesman and a general in the South African Army. He also participated in the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War).

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  1. 01Zar.co.za,"Jan Christian Smuts",From: Zar.co.za,[Online],Available at:zar.co.za,[Accessed on: 20 May 2014]
  2. 02Spartacus Education, Jan Smuts,From:Spartacus Education, [online], Available at: www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk [Accessed 22 May 2013]

Last updated · 23 May 2021

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Jan Smuts is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011036

South African History Online (2011) 'Jan Smuts is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011036 (Accessed: 21 August 2026).

South African History Online, Jan Smuts is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011036, (accessed 21 August 2026).

"Jan Smuts is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011036. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Jan Smuts is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011036.

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