Editing C. R. Swart (section)

==Legacy==

The tallest building in [[Bloemfontein]], which housed various governmental departments and the Law Faculty of the University of the Orange Free State, was named the President CR Swart Building in his honour.<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB842GB842&biw=1357&bih=624&tbm=bks&ei=PHCqXqDNJtbS1fAPmfqTsAM&q=%22The+President+C+R+Swart+Building+houses+the+Law+Faculty+of+the+University+of+the+Orange+Free+State.+The+building+was+named+after+Dr+C+R+Swart%2C+a+former+State+President+of+the+Republic+of+South+Africa+and+chancellor+of+this+university%22&oq=%22The+President+C+R+Swart+Building+houses+the+Law+Faculty+of+the+University+of+the+Orange+Free+State.+The+building+was+named+after+Dr+C+R+Swart%2C+a+former+State+President+of+the+Republic+of+South+Africa+and+chancellor+of+this+university%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3...25369.31415.0.34653.3.3.0.0.0.0.79.144.2.2.0....0...1c.1j2.64.psy-ab..1.0.0....0.EfYnuYdYKEg ''Our Legal Heritage''], Susanna Johanna Scott, Paul Van Warmelo, Butterworths, 1982, page 174</ref> In 2015, the ANC government renamed the popular CR Swart Building the [[List of things named after Fidel Castro|Fidel Castro Building]].<ref>[http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bloemfonteins-Fidel-Castro-building-gets-mixed-response-20150702 Bloemfontein's Fidel Castro building gets mixed response], [[News24 (website)|News24]], 7 February 2015</ref>

A statue of CR Swart at the [[University of the Free State]] was destroyed by protesting students in late-February 2016.<ref name="statue24">{{cite web | url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/cr-swart-statue-has-fallen-20160223 | title=CR Swart statue has fallen | publisher=News24 | date=23 February 2016 | access-date=25 February 2016 | author=Iavan Pijoos | archive-date=24 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224114107/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/cr-swart-statue-has-fallen-20160223 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The highest peak in the remote [[Prince Edward Islands]] was called State President Swart Peak, before it was renamed Mascarin Peak in 2003.<ref name="Jenkins 2007 p. 57">{{cite book | last=Jenkins | first=E. | title=Falling Into Place: The Story of Modern South African Place Names | publisher=David Philip | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-86486-689-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RZnXHoMQ_hkC&pg=PP57 | access-date=2021-08-30 | page=57}}</ref>

Swart's portrait is depicted on the obverses of the [[coins of the South African rand]] &ndash; from 1 to 50 Cents dated 1968, which was struck to commemorate him as the first [[State President of South Africa]].<ref>[https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7982.html 50 Cents Charles Swart; Afrikaans Legend - SUID AFRIKA]</ref>