What are Bantustans designed to support?

Bantustans were specifically designed to support the segregation policies of apartheid in South Africa. The system of Bantustans, or homelands, was implemented as part of a broader strategy to enforce racial separation and to deny the black majority citizenship rights within the areas designated as "white" South Africa. By creating these separate territories for black South Africans, the government aimed to legitimize the separation and create the illusion of independence for these groups, while actually maintaining control over them.

The concept was rooted in the ideology of apartheid, which sought to uphold white supremacy and ensure that the white minority retained political and economic power. Consequently, Bantustans facilitated the forced removal of black South Africans from urban areas to these designated regions, thereby reinforcing their marginalization and the apartheid regime's oppressive structure.