Monday, 3 November 2025

Jan Christian Smuts ≠ complex legacy

Jan Smuts
former Prime Minister of South Africa
Jan Smuts
warrior-statesman-philosopher-scholar

Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts
has a bronze statue in Parliament Square
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts
his violent suppression of domestic uprisings
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts
his adherence to segregationist policies
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts
white supremacist
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts
employed paternalist rhetoric

Smuts
opposed racial equality
Smuts
hypocrisy on the world stage
Smuts
international statesman
Smuts
helped establish the League of Nations and the United Nations

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