▁country ' s ▁Black ▁population . ▁It ▁also ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁parliament ary ▁representation ▁for ▁Black s , ▁an ▁act ▁further ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁with ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Hom eland ▁Cit iz ens hip ▁Act . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Act ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁further ▁the ▁policy ▁of ▁so - called ▁" Gr and ▁A part heid ," ▁meaning ▁the ▁permanent ▁partition ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁into ▁national ▁" hom el ands " ▁for ▁each ▁supposed ▁" people " ▁or ▁nation . ▁In ▁this ▁plan , ▁the ▁" A f rik an er " ▁( ind igen ized ▁Dutch ) ▁people ▁would ▁control ▁the ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁while ▁the ▁African ▁population ▁was ▁divided ▁into ▁eight ▁pe op les , ▁defined ▁according ▁to ▁language ▁groups , ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁separate ▁nation - states ▁in ▁areas ▁un il ater ally ▁dem arc ated ▁by ▁the ▁white ▁regime . ▁Each ▁black ▁" n ation " ▁was ▁then ▁provided ▁with ▁a ▁Commission er - General ▁who ▁was ▁entr usted ▁with ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁its ▁assigned ▁Hom eland ▁into ▁a ▁fully ▁self - g over ning ▁state . ▁Black s ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁exercise ▁their ▁political ▁rights ▁in ▁these ▁Hom eland ▁enc lave ▁states , ▁not ▁in ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁where ▁white ▁supre m acy ▁would ▁continue ▁and ▁Af rik an er ▁( D utch - white ) ▁national ism ▁would ▁be ▁expressed . ▁ ▁The ▁Act ▁was ▁repe aled ▁by ▁the ▁Inter im ▁Constitution ▁of ▁South ▁Africa