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Vor 4 Tagen · The airport was founded in 1952 as Jan Smuts International Airport, two years after Smuts's death. Situated near the town of Kempton Park on the East Rand, it replaced Palmietfontein International Airport, which had handled European flights since 1945.
24. Juni 2024 · The general background story of 100 000 prisoners is not neglected. Jan Smuts was keen to take on Italian prisoners to show commitment to the Allied cause; but also because South Africa was suffering from labour shortages in the construction and farming sectors.
Vor 3 Tagen · The pro-British government declared martial law. Forces under the command of Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts defeated the rebels on 24 October 1914. The revolt was effectively over by early February 1915.
5. Juni 2024 · South African Party (SAP), South African political party formed in November 1911, in the aftermath of the 1910 Union of South Africa, by various parties allied to Louis Botha and Jan Smuts. It was the governing party in South Africa from 1911 to 1924 and laid the foundations of apartheid.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Vor 2 Tagen · In 1986, the South African Airways Museum Society opened its doors to the public at Jan Smuts International Airport (which was renamed O. R. Tambo International Airport in 2006).
Vor 2 Tagen · Jan Smuts, Kruger's State Attorney from 1898. Kruger was never more popular domestically than during the 1897–98 election campaign, and indeed was widely perceived to be jollier than he had been in years.
"Smuts's importance to the Imperial war effort was emphasised by a quite audacious plan, proposed as early as 1940, to appoint Smuts as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, should Churchill die or otherwise become incapacitated during the war. This idea was put forward by Sir John Colville, Churchill's private secretary, to Queen Mary and then to George VI, both of whom warmed to the idea.[69]"
