▁because ▁of ▁its ▁very ▁in h osp it ab len ess ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁fe ared ▁or ▁cov et ed ▁by ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁government . ▁Even ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁the ▁idea ▁conced ed ▁that ▁this ▁model ▁would ▁demand ▁significant ▁economic ▁sacrific es ▁from ▁Af rik an ers ▁who ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁vol k staat . ▁The ▁model ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁principle ▁of ▁' own ▁labour ', ▁requiring ▁that ▁all ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁vol k staat ▁be ▁performed ▁by ▁its ▁citizens , ▁including ▁pl ough ing ▁fields , ▁collect ing ▁garbage ▁and ▁t ending ▁gard ens , ▁which ▁is ▁tradition ally ▁performed ▁by ▁black s ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁South ▁Africa . ▁ ▁The ▁town ' s ▁original ▁objective ▁was ▁to ▁create ▁an ▁Af rik an er ▁majority ▁in ▁the ▁north western ▁Cape , ▁by ▁encourag ing ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁other ▁such ▁towns , ▁with ▁the ▁event ual ▁goal ▁of ▁an ▁Af rik an er ▁majority ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁and ▁an ▁independent ▁Af rik an er ▁state ▁between ▁O ran ia ▁and ▁the ▁west ▁coast . ▁ ▁Bos hoff ▁had ▁originally ▁en vis aged ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 6 0 , 0 0 0 ▁after ▁ 1 5 ▁years . ▁While ▁he ▁conced ed ▁that ▁most ▁Af rik an ers ▁might ▁decide ▁not ▁to ▁move ▁to ▁the ▁vol k staat , ▁he ▁thought ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁essential ▁Af rik an ers ▁have ▁this ▁option , ▁since ▁it ▁would ▁make ▁them ▁feel ▁more ▁secure , ▁thereby ▁reducing ▁t ensions ▁in ▁the ▁rest ▁of