Jan Smuts
Jan Smuts Avenue is named after the Second Boer War general Jan Smuts and Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. On 3 July 1917, the Federation of Ratepayers Association recommended to the City of Johannesburg that two main roads in Johannesburg be named after Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, in honour of their service to the British Empire during World War I. Prior to the road's renaming in 1917, it was known as the Pretoria Road.