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Quality Living Away From Politics of Hate
Orania is a self-governing community with its own set of rules and regulations. Visitors (Black and White) are expected to respect these guidelines while within its borders.
We believe that dialogue and understanding pave the way for a brighter future. We invite you to engage with us, ask questions, and challenge your preconceived notions. Let us learn from each other, celebrate our differences, and find common ground in our shared humanity.
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Orania with the grand vision to be City-State was established to shield and protect good people from the politics of destruction, corruption and hate. Orania is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The town is split in two halves by the R369 road, and is 871 kilometres from Cape Town and approximately 680 kilometres from Pretoria. The climate is semi-arid but we loved it!
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The Dream of Orania in the Karoo
ORANIA: A PLACE TO BE
Orania welcomes you, friend, to a place where the whispers of the past mingle with the vibrant hum of the present. We invite you to step into a world where the rich tapestry of Afrikaner heritage unfolds before you, interwoven with the unyielding spirit of the Voortrekkers and a profound love for the soil of Africa.
This website is your portal to understanding Orania, not just as a physical location, but as a living, breathing testament to a unique identity. We aim to educate the wider world about our story, our values, and our aspirations. We believe that through open dialogue and shared understanding, we can build bridges of respect and appreciation across cultures.
ORANIA IS THE HERITAGE AND LEGACY OF THE GREAT TREK
The Great Trek (Afrikaans: Die Groot Trek; Dutch: De Grote Trek) was an eastward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape’s British colonial administration. The Great Trek resulted from the culmination of tensions between rural descendants of the Cape's original European settlers, known collectively as Boers, and the British Empire. It was also reflective of an increasingly common trend among individual Boer communities to pursue an isolationist and semi-nomadic lifestyle away from the developing administrative complexities in Cape Town. Boers who took part in the Great Trek identified themselves as voortrekkers, meaning "pioneers", "pathfinders" (literally "fore-trekkers") in Dutch and Afrikaans.
WHAT MAKES AFRIKAANERS TO BE ON TOP
Afrikaaners by and large do not countenance laziness. The Afrikaaners do not listen to excuses as to why one is poor. The Afrikaaner do not accept the thesis that he or she is a victim of circumstances. He sees himself as in charge of his life. He has internal locus of control and believes that no matter what the external environment is like that it is up to him to do what he could to extract a decent living for himself and his family.
The Afrikaaner start his own business and employ himself and employ his own people. He does not stay around waiting for other persons to employ him. And when they do not employ him, complain, bitching about racism against him. The Afrikaaner does not want you to pity him, see him as a victim and give him social grants out of pity.
South Africa: The Land of Our Fathers!
South Africa has 11 official languages, each with its own unique history and linguistic lineage.
Nine of these languages belong to the Niger-Congo family, specifically the Bantu branch. These include isiZulu, isiXhosa, Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, siSwati, and Northern Sotho.
Two languages, Afrikaans and English, do not belong to the Niger-Congo family. Afrikaans originated from Dutch, while English has Indo-European roots.
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