"Separate Development"
Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd
In 1958 Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd who was the prime minister of South Africa decided to develop the apartheid system even further. He created what he referred to as "separate development," which dissected the black population in order to belittle their power politically and allowed him to claim that in fact there was no black majority. This also gave the whites more land and made it difficult for blacks to unify and ultimately revolt against the white population. This took place from 1961-1964 and caused more than 3.5 million people to be removed from their homes and placed into these densely populated and most often than not, poor stricken areas.