Steynsrus town also has a large (and growing) black minority, which in 2001 stood at 324 (27.2%).
It says only three superior officers are minorities - two black and one Hispanic.
But for the most part this is the story of white superiors general and the Josephite priests, especially the black minority.
But today, as through American history, the telling forms of discrimination and violence are against the black minority.
Her parents belonged to the black minority of the small town.
"ethnic" is not a substitute for saying black or ethnic minority.
There is a large black minority, but the country officially promotes itself as an Arab republic.
On the negative side, the division between an enormous, mixed-race majority and a black minority might be equally unhealthy.
But she faces a much harder challenge here in dealing with deep grievances between the black minority and the predominantly white 1,000-member police force.
In 1975, fewer than 4% of journalists in newsrooms were from black and other minorities.