 The Second Boer War had irrevocably changed the face of South Africa, but, for Smuts, it was back to work as usual.Whilst Christiaan De Wet, Koos de la Rey, and Louis Botha toured Europe, hailed as conquering heroes, Smuts returned to his former day job, as a mediocre lawyer.Smuts was as restless in this capacity as ever, and yearned to take part in politics again.