South Africa was a changing country during the time the film was set. Immigration was on an influx, while different religious, cultural and scientific beliefs were being brought to the country causing confusion controversy. This is where and when racial segregation started.

In South Africa, there had been ample time to realise cultural differences and create oppositions to the ones unpopular. By the time the government was in action there were many oppositions existing in a single community, let alone one whole country. Many of theses oppositions were based solely on the cultural differences. One of these cultural differences was the religious belief of the two racial groups. The Afrikaners and English both believed that the Native African belief in Zulu magic was an insult to their own religion in some way, creating an opposition against the Native African beliefs. Another notable cultural difference was the language people...