The apartheid policy of "separate development" was also known as

The apartheid policy of "separate development" was also known as **Homelands** or **Bantustans**.

This policy was part of South Africa's apartheid system, a racial segregation system institutionalized in 1948. The concept was to create **self-governing territories** referred to as **Bantustans** or **Homelands**. The primary aim was to give an illusion of independence to divide the country into various **ethnically distinct areas** for different African ethnic groups. The government justified this policy by claiming it allowed for the development of self-determination among the black South African population. However, in reality, these areas were often economically disadvantaged and lacked genuine autonomy.

It's important to understand that this was a measure to enforce racial separation and reinforce the idea of white supremacy by keeping majority black South Africans outside of meaningful political, economic, and urban life within South Africa.