In the article below, Jaco Mattheyse explores the history behind a well-known Krugersdorp landmark: the old Police Station on Commissioner Street. He begins by unpacking the social and political landscape of the town in the 1890s.
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I presented this story at the Valentine's Day Johannesburg Heritage Foundation celebration on the lawns of Northwards and thought Heritage Portal readers would also enjoy this South African story of love, endurance and resilience against the backdrop of the Second World War. It was one of seven presented at this event.
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Originally old Pretoria Road, the name was changed in 1917 to honour Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950). Graduate of Cambridge University, attorney-general of the Z.A.R, Smuts became a successful Boer general. He was involved in all stages of the war from the early negotiations which failed to the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging. He was later the prime minister of the Union of South Africa.