Jan Christian Smuts, The Conscience of a South African- Kenneth Ingham

A leader who sought to walk the world stage, who fought passionately to unite South Africa, Smuts, tragically, failed to appreciate the needs and aspirations of his black countrymen. Jan Smuts was a man of contrasts, argues Professor Ingham. An academic – even a visionary – by nature, he felt impelled to demonstrate that he was a man of action