EFF NC leader vows to storm Orania
Provincial representatives of the political party led a march to the offices of the Premier to hand over a memorandum for a legal review on the existence of the town, which is built on private property.
However, town leaders have vowed to fight back against the call to action.
Addressing EFF members who had marched to hand over a memorandum to Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul, the party's Shadrack Tlhaole called out Orania as a 'Apartheid-era racial-enclaved operating community within a democratic South Africa'
He said: 'Orania is not merely a town…upheld under the false narrative of cultural autonomy. It undermines the value of non-racialism, equality, and unity that is in our constitution.
Orania is a town that excludes black South Africans by race, language, and culture under the pretense of Afrikaner cultural preservation. It denies the right of back people to live, work, or own properties in the area. This is not culture; it is a modern-day Apartheid to disguise institutional racism.
Thlaole then claimed that the EFF would infiltrate Orania.
He continued: 'I am going to be a resident of Orania, I am going with my collective, the leadership of the EFF. I am going to fight tooth and nail to be one society; we are going to be inclusive.
'The EFF is focusing on unifying all the people. Orania on itself, if not attended to very soon, there will be tension between black and white in South Africa, so we are fighting that we are going to win.'
Orania was founded by Carel Boshoff III in 1991. His son, Carel Boshoff IV, is the current leader of the whites-only town.
He is also the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, who infamously enforced the white supremacy regime of Apartheid.
Located in the Northern Cape, the community of just 3000 individuals was built on private property and is self-sufficient, with its own businesses, schools, hospitals, and even currency.
Over the years, various high-profile people have visited Orania, including Gayton McKenzie, Penuel Mlotshwa, and Siv Ngesi.
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