Jan Smuts
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Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, was a South African statesman, military officer and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union
Smuts in 1934
Jacobus and Catharina Smuts, 1893
Jan Smuts, as a young state attorney general in 1895
Jan Smuts and Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War, c. 1901
J. B. M. Hertzog
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General James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African general and politician. He was a Boer commander during the Second Boer War who served as the
Jan Smuts
…Africa. In 1919, Smuts replaced Botha as prime minister, holding the office until the South African Party's defeat at the 1924 general election by J. B. M. Hertzog's National Party. He spent several years in academia, during which he coined the term "holism", before eventually re-entering politics as deputy prime…
Hertzog c. 1920
Botha government 1910
Time cover, 27 Apr 1925
The second Hertzog cabinet in 1929.