Regarding the government’s policy of white supremacy, Nelson Mandela, who became the first black president of South Africa, asserted: “The policy was supported by the Dutch Reformed Church, which furnished apartheid with its religious underpinnings by suggesting that Afrikaners were God’s chosen people and that blacks were a subservient species.
Kui Nelson Mandela, kellest sai esimene mustanahaline Lõuna - Aafrika Vabariigi president, rääkis valitsuse poliitikast seoses valgete ülemvõimuga, ütles ta: „Seesugust poliitikat toetas hollandi reformeeritud kirik, mis andis apartheidile usulise õigustuse, väites, et afrikandrid on Jumala valitud rahvas, mustad aga alamast soost.