What was the biggest reason the government of South Africa created a policy of apartheid?

Apartheid was created by South Africa’s white-minority government to preserve that minority’s political control and economic advantages. The policy enforced racial separation, but separation was a means of maintaining white dominance, not simply a way to avoid conflict. Therefore, the best answer is “to ensure that a racial minority group kept its political and economic dominance.”

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