Bongani Ngqulunga
R380.00
In Under Smuts’s Rule, prize-winning author Bongani Ngqulunga examines Smuts’s political life through the lens of how his decisions affected Black South Africans. From his role in the treaty ending the Anglo-Boer War and the National Convention that created the Union of South Africa, to his years as prime minister (1919–1924 and 1939–1948), Ngqulunga traces Smuts’s actions and their consequences.
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Under Smuts’s Rule
The book considers Smuts’s policies as a minister under Louis Botha, his complicated relationship with Barry Hertzog’s National Party, and his eventual recognition that segregation had failed. Ngqulunga draws on perspectives from influential figures such as Sol Plaatje, Alfred Xuma, John Dube, D.D.T. Jabavu, Z.K. Matthews, Nelson Mandela, and Walter Sisulu.
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