Orania: South Africa’s Private Town Reserved for Afrikaners

Orania is a self-governing town in South Africa established in 1991, just before the end of apartheid. Founded by Afrikaners aiming to preserve their language, culture and traditions, it now has about 3,000 residents. The community uses its own currency (the Ora), runs its own schools, and supports an agro-based economy and small manufacturing industries. Afrikaans is the only official language. Only people who identify as Afrikaners may settle there, and residents handle their own labour rather than hiring outside workers.

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