What was South Africa like under the apartheid government?

Apartheid was distinguished by an authoritarian political culture based on white supremacy, which made sure that South Africa was taken over politically, socially, and economically by the nation white population.

Explanation:

an informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.