Roger Southall

Jan 9, 2025 | mg.co.za | Des Erasmus |Roger Southall

This is an edited excerpt from the book Smuts & Mandela: The Men Who Made South Africa, written by Roger Southall and published by Jacana Media.

Nov 28, 2024 | theconversation.com | Roger Southall

Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870-1950) and Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) belonged to and were shaped by two different epochs in South Africa, yet left an indelible mark on its history. Sociologist Roger Southall has brought them together, so to speak, in a book, Smuts & Mandela, The Men Who Made South Africa. Among the many parallels he draws between the two men – one a racist white supremacist and the other a non-racialist and African nationalist – is that they were both nation-builders.

Nov 28, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Roger Southall

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Nov 27, 2024 | bbrief.co.za | Roger Southall

By Roger SouthallSouth Africa has produced two globally recognised leaders from different eras – Jan Christiaan Smuts and Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Smuts served as Prime Minister from 1919 to 1924 and again from 1939 to 1948. Mandela served as President from 1994 to 1999. Smuts was celebrated for shaping international architecture after both world wars. Meanwhile, Mandela is admired for leading South Africa to democracy and averting racial war.

Nov 17, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Roger Southall

18 November 2024 - 04:44 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. People hold replica South African flags. A number of reports have called South Africa a politically polarised society. This may seem uncontroversial, given the country’s history of dispossession and discrimination during colonialism and apartheid, and their continuing legacy after 30 years of democracy.