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 Dig deeper.  We definitely agree on exploiting.  But I think it 
 was more, granted, my knowledge is not encyclopedic here. 
 Look at Shangani and various claims of ethnic cleansing.  Also, he said, "The native is to be treated as a child and denied the franchise. We must adopt a system of despotism in our relations with the barbarians of South Africa."

It's hard to know the exact details from back then.  If the news is fake, then what is history?