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1870-1950

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

… General Jan Christiaan Smuts was born near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony on 24 … as there he embraced the political philosophy of J.H Hofmeyr “Onze Jan”,…

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1879-1935

Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos

… around him. Towards the end of 1912 Botha dismissed  J B M Hertzog  from his cabinet and Roos protested by … period the NP was gaining power rapidly and…

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1895-1970

Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… elements attempted to negotiate with Prime Minister Smuts to reach some sort of agreement on the land and … the Pegging Act be repealed. From this SAIC…

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1862-1919

Louis Botha

… railway lines destroyed. Stronger discipline was enforced. Smuts and Botha carried out raids into the Cape and Natal. … to import Chinese labour to work on…

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Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… elements attempted to negotiate with Prime Minister Smuts to reach some sort of agreement on the land and … the Pegging Act be repealed. From this SAIC…

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1874-1959

Daniel Francois Malan

… nationalism led him into the arena of politics, and when  J.B.M. Hertzog  broke his ties with Prime Minister  Louis … parliamentarians who refused to follow…

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1870-1945

Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama

… an agreement was reached between Gandhi and General Smuts , the Minister of the Interior. All satyagrahis were … return, the government would repeal the…

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1874-1965

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

… South Africa and its people in deep affection and General J.C. Smuts was regarded as his colleague, confidant and close …

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1898-1914

Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar

… agreement had been signed between General Jan Christiaan Smuts and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi . She arrived home on 20 …

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1914

Valiamma Munuswami Mudaliar

… after a provisional agreement had been signed between Smuts and Gandhi . She arrived home on 20 February, and on 27 …

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1904-1986

Jean van der Poel

… works were on the British role in the Jameson Raid and on Smuts . She, along with Helene Malan, first translated the … E.J. Verwey (ed), New dictionary of…

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1910-1977

Max Gordon

… World War Two against Germany,Gordon was interned by the Smuts government for a year on the pretext that he was …

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1879-1940

Charles Templeman Loram

… served in the Native Affairs Commission created by Jan Smuts from 1920 to 1929 before returning to Natal as the …

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1913-1999

de Villiers Graaff

… war for his relief work among prisoners. In 1948, General Smuts had been ousted from office by Afrikaner nationalism. … to the African National Congress (ANC…

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1893-1958

Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom

… Born on 14 July 1893, J G Strijdom served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 … administration with the United Party (UP) formed by  J B M Hertzog and …

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1866-1942

James Barry Munnik Hertzog

… They both supported the strikers against General  Jan Smuts . This cooperation resulted in a pact that stated they … Treaty of Versailles. In 1933 Hertzog's…

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1888-1956

Sonja Schlesin

… her with a pair of sandals, made in prison, to be given to Smuts . During 1918, Schlesin registered at the University … United Party Government , led by…

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1894-1980

Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger

… criticized  H.F. Verwoerd . In 1947 she suggested to Smuts that the permanent existence of blacks in the towns be …

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1932

Harold Athol Fugard

… Boys . Fugard is an accomplished actor, having played Jan Smuts in the famous film Gandhi . He continues to write and …

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1860-1930

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

… an agreement was reached between Gandhi and General Smuts , Minister of the Interior, and the prisoners were … on demand. Almost all Indians registered…

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Mahomed Dawood Barmania

… of the  South African Indian Congress (SAIC). The  Smuts’s  government proposal to establish segregated Indian … • E. J. Verwey. (1999). New Dictionary of…

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1893-1962

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

… Clarkebury’s principal during those years, the Rev Arthur J Lennard, exerted a strong influence over the ethos of the … the Allied victory in World War II,…

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1836-1914

Joseph Chamberlain

… of the government, including State Attorney Jan Christian Smuts , who had been born in the Cape Colony and had had a … and on 13 February, he offered…

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1878-1964

Charles Sidney Groves

… UCT in 1930 was for the design of a series of windows for Smuts Hall on themes from early colonial histon In 1938 he …

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1912

Goolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad

… was a member of the SAIC delegation, which was rebuffed by Smuts in February 1946, and which took the decision to …

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1898-1969

Nana Sita

… went to South Africa in 1913 and lived for some time with J.P. Vyas in Pretoria, to study book-keeping. Soon after his … Satyagraha, went to Pretoria for…

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1841-1926

John Xavier Merriman

… to on which to end the war’. Merriman became close to Jan Smuts during the drafting of the Treaty of Vereeniging, which … Botha to serve in his cabinet. But…

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1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

… and religion".Before the prison term was over  General Jan Smuts  sent him an emissary proposing that if the Indians … Gandhi registered, but his…

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1910-1987

Mattheus Uys Krige

… biography, Die goue seun. Die lewe en werk van Uys Krige J.C. Kannemeyer describes Krige as a cosmopolitan world … government. His strong republican, anti…

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1929-2011

Arthur Goldreich

… magazine. He balked and wrote to the Prime Minister, Jan Smuts , refusing to learn German and demanding to be taught …

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