Smuts government

E190037
South African government administration

The Smuts government was the South African administration led by Prime Minister Jan Smuts, known for its role in entrenching segregationist policies in the years immediately preceding formal apartheid.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jan Smuts government 1
National Party election victory of 1948 1
Smuts government canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South African government ⓘ
administration ⓘ
capital Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Pretoria
contributedTo institutional foundations of apartheid ⓘ
country Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Union of South Africa
endTime 1948 ⓘ
followedBy National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
surface form: Malan government
foreignPolicy membership in the Allied powers ⓘ
pro-British alignment ⓘ
governorGeneral Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet ⓘ
Patrick Duncan ⓘ
headOfGovernment Jan Smuts ⓘ
ideology liberal segregation ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
implemented industrial expansion during World War II ⓘ
tightened influx control over Africans ⓘ
war economy measures ⓘ
leader Jan Smuts ⓘ
legislature Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Union of South Africa
locatedInTime World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era

immediately preceding formal apartheid ⓘ
monarch George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
notableFor repression of black political organizations ⓘ
support for the British Empire ⓘ
wartime emergency regulations ⓘ
opposedBy African National Congress ⓘ
Afrikaner nationalists ⓘ
National Party (South Africa) ⓘ
surface form: National Party

trade union movement ⓘ
partOf pre-apartheid South African state ⓘ
policy entrenchment of racial segregation ⓘ
land segregation ⓘ
limited African franchise ⓘ
pass laws enforcement ⓘ
segregationist policies ⓘ
urban segregation ⓘ
politicalPartyOfLeader United Party ⓘ
positionHeldByLeader Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
precededBy Hertzog government ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Pretoria
significantEvent World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

South Africa’s entry into World War II on the Allied side ⓘ
significantFor transition from segregation to apartheid system ⓘ
startTime 1939 ⓘ
stateForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1946 Passive Resistance Campaign → opponent → Smuts government ⓘ
Union era of South Africa → keyEvent → Smuts government ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Party election victory of 1948
Ossewabrandwag → opposedBy → Smuts government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jan Smuts government
Ossewabrandwag → opposedBy → Smuts government ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African government during World War II