Original sentence: As Smuts had supported Indian Home Rule and was privately considering dismantling segregation in South Africa, many Whites in lower-classes, particularly unskilled workers, switched their votes to the National Party believing that increased Black migration to the cities would have a devastating effect on their livelihood.During The Second World War, The South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts had built up a reputation as an Internationalist ,particularly during the formation of The United Nations.Living costs during The Second World War had risen by almost half, real wages were also down for Whites but had risen for the Blacks.Malan had strong Afrikaner roots and was able to capitalise on that fear, particularly as most of Smut's cabinet was made up of English speaking South Africans who had little sympathy for Afrikaner interests
Edited sentence: As Smuts had supported Indian Home Rule and was privately considering dismantling segregation in South Africa, many poor whites, particularly unskilled workers, switched their votes to the National Party, believing that increased black migration to the cities would have a devastating effect on their livelihood.During the Second World War, South Africa's Prime Minister, Jan Smuts, had built up a reputation as an Internationalist, particularly during the formation of the United Nations.Living costs during the Second World War had risen by almost half; real wages were also down for whites but had risen for blacks.Malan had strong Afrikaner roots and was able to capitalize on that fear, particularly as most of Smut's cabinet was made up of English speaking South Africans who had little sympathy for Afrikaner interests