Jan Smuts
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A tale of two statesmen: Smuts, Mandela and the making of South Africa
An examination of how Jan Smuts and Nelson Mandela navigated the challenges of their eras
Clear vision led SA’s industrial revolution
Lessons from when Jan Smuts drove the industrialisation of South Africa in the form of electricity and steel to benefit an elite community
Pressure to remove colonial relics grows
This week, the Black People’s National Crisis Committee (BPNCC) said it would intensify protest if activists are not listened to.
Human Rights Day reminds us of our progress and failures
The history of human rights in South Africa is complex, not least because the removal of oppression has not equated to substantive liberation
Enigmatic Jan Smuts still elusive in new biography
The latest Jan Smuts biography explores but does not fully explain the terrible blots in his otherwise brilliant career.
The centenary of a bonfire
The seeds of a non-racial struggle and the adoption of a policy of non-discrimination were sown by Gandhi’s approach.
A street person named Desire
This is how I came to fall in love with a homeless person. My friend Sabelo has a mighty mane of dreadlocks and an ego so large he can barely get his Rasta shirt on, but he’s a…
Mbeki: Crime a symptom of ‘rapacious individualism’
The prevalence of corruption and other forms of crime in South Africa reflected a society that had embraced a culture of individualism, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday.…
Lord of the flies
Shaun de Waal reviews Charles van Onselen’s new book The Fox and the Flies: The World of Joseph Silver, Racketeer and Psychopath