Non-white political representation was abolished in 1970 and starting in that year, black people were deprived of their citizen ship, legally becoming citizens of on of ten tribally based self-governing homelands called Bantustans, four of which became nominally independent states.
Ukumelwa kwabantu kwezepolotiki kwapheliswa ngo-1970, futhi ukusuka ngalowo nyaka abantu abamnyama bephucwa amalungelo obuzwe ngokusemthethweni banikezwa amalungelo ezabelo zabamnyama ezizimele ezazaziwa ngokuthi ngamaBantustans, ezine zazo ezagcina ziyimibuso ezimele geqe.