Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… was based on a patriarchal family structure, in which leaders of the trekker parties had absolute authority. The … God. 13 Sovereign authority was conferred by God upon the leaders to 'direct' and 'protect' the community. In the … of the Governor, the native department and chiefs and leaders had been undermined, Shepstone found this 'reckless …