THE ONLY TOWN IN AFRICA BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO STAY IN

Orania is a town in the northern cape of South Africa. Formally established in 1991, the town was created during the last years of apartheid, where it was meant to be a safe haven for Afrikaners. They are the ethnic group descended from the Europeans who colonized South Africa. They speak their own language, Afrikaans.

Afrikaners are descendants of Dutch, German and French settlers who arrived in the 17th Century

Afrikaners dominated South Africa for many decades and introduced the apartheid system which was based on racial segregation. Orania was established in 1991, by Afrikaner intellectual Carel Boshoff Snr. The town is built on 8,000 hectares of farmland along the Orange River

In this town, black people are not allowed to live there. Prospective residents are screened by the town council using a strict criterion, which includes first and foremost being an ethnic Afrikaner.

Near the entrance of the gated community was a statue of Mr Verwoerd, one of a few of the apartheid-era prime ministers, and the Orania flag – with similar colours to the old republic’s orange, white and blue stripes – which hung proudly.

The town boasts amenities such as shops, hair salons, a library, a post office, a hotel, a couple of schools – and churches, a lot of churches.

The people do their own work from gardening to plumbing, bricklaying and waste-collection – jobs usually done by black labourers in the rest of the country.