Load shedding is finally a thing of the past as controversial white-only town Orania is now grid-independent.

Podcaster Penuel Mlotshwa has defended his trip to ‘Afrikaans only’ town Orania amid backlash from the public…

Gayton McKenzie says that the rest South Africa must strive to follow in Orania’s footsteps or else face future embarrassment.

Straight outta Orania: Sizwe Dhlomo has been dragged for insinuating that black people are the only hired domestic help in the country.

Despite disagreeing with several practises, politician Gayton McKenzie claimed that there was ‘lots to learn’ from the town of Orania.

Gayton McKenzie said Orania is building infrastructure, technical schools and empowering people which is what SA should be doing.

Gayton McKenzie said his visit to Orania was inspired by the need to understand the place beyond the racist tag.

Mckenzie aims to understand Orania for himself and explore the possibility of unity in a divided South Africa.

‘Our government is only lining its own pockets. We need people like this to run our country,’ wrote one person about Orania.

Orania now wants its OWN national anthem as part of its pursuit of complete independence. Here is more information.

Orania is embarking upon an ambitious plan to double its population, then double it again – here’s how it will work.

Another year, another clean audit for Orania. The enclave in the Northern Cape is unapologetically singing its own praises this week.

Orania is growing at an explosive pace, it seems – and these new population stats could give the town’s detractors some food for thought.

Like it or lump it, Orania has become one of the fastest growing hot-spots in South Africa – and its housing market is feeling the strain.

Orania is infamous for providing a home only to white people. Here are ten fascinating facts that most people don’t know.

This may catch a few by surprise. A delegation of traditional leaders visited Orania this week – here’s what brought the them to the enclave.

According to a recent audit, there’s one area in which Orania is thriving – and other Northern Cape municipalities are lagging behind.

Can Orania really describe itself as a ‘crime-free community’? The hotly-contested debate has intensified over the weekend.

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Enough is enough for the residents of Orania who are gatvol of Eskom’s loadshedding. They have now building their solar farm.

Enough is enough for the residents of Orania who are gatvol of Eskom’s loadshedding. They have now building their solar farm.

Orania’s three-decade existence has been a contentious and divisive one – but the community is now experiencing ‘unparalleled growth’.

Officials from Orania are branching out to international partners – and they recently completed a visit to two Parliaments in Europe.

Orania is planning to generate its own electricity to residents for 24/7 and become completely independent from power utility Eskom.

Orania has its own calendar for public holidays, independent from the rest of SA. This week, they’ve got DOUBLE cause for celebration.

Orania now officially boasts a 100% pass rate for the whole town – after their only high school recorded a flawless set of matric results.

In a New Year’s message posted by its CEO this weekend, Orania is calling upon ‘skilled workers’ to help grow its economy.

The discovery near Orania has raised questions about what, exactly, the suspect was planning to do with these illegal explosives.

EFF mayor, Leonard Makena, has reportedly been elected in the Thembelihle Municipality, which includes the whites-only town of Orania.

While the ANC and EFF got a combined total of zero votes from the residents of Orania, there was only ever going to be one winner here…

They’re off to the polls in Orania too, but they won’t be voting for the same candidates as we will – here’s how their local elections work.

After Panyaza Lesufi entered a bitter war of words with the Afrikaner enclave, Orania has decided to release its eye-opening Census results.

The beef between Orania and Panyaza Lesufi is going into extra-time, and the Gauteng MEC has taken another swipe at the whites-only enclave.

Panyaza Lesufi said this week that ‘Orania will go’ in the near future, calling time on the whites-only town. But the outcry has been fierce.

Is the future of Orania in doubt? Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi has sparked an almighty row, following comments he made this weekend.

Over the weekend, Orania held its traditional carnival, celebrating the town’s brief yet contentious history – here’s what went down.

Love Island SA encountered a tough crowd during its premiere episode on Sunday night, as complaints about the sound and ‘Orania-like diversity’ were raised.

ANC heavyweight Deshi Ngxanga is testing the waters in Orania this week – after revealing that he has applied to move to the town.

Heavily involved in illegal mining, Louis Liebenberg also has connections to the ‘whites-only’ Eureka town. But a ‘racist video’ has landed him in trouble.

ANC stalwart Niehaus believes that the Orania’s history of bigotry requires harsher punishment than simple recognition of its wrongdoing.

NC Premier Zamani Saul stated Orania’s legal status ‘may be reviewed’ last year. Now, Panyaza Lesufi has also called for the closure of this settlement.

Orania is trending on Twitter, following a report on 27 April 2020 which detailed how the lockdown affected the Afrikaner-only town.

Orania has not been spared from the economical setbacks that come with the lockdown.

Even in the most isolated part of the country, the fear surrounding coronavirus has set in. Residents of Orania are now living a very different reality.

Bored in the office, we had another look at our public holidays calendar for 2020. We noticed a few anomalies and even saw what Orania has planned.

The population of Orania has apparently doubled in the past seven years. The controversial town is gearing up for the future, and more permanent residents.

The student-teacher, born and raised in Orania, appeared in Hopetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday – here’s what you need to know about the accused.

The “crime-free, whites-only” town has been rocked by the arrest of a student teacher, who has been accused of raping a minor in Orania, Northern Cape.

Zamani Saul believes there is “unfinished business” when it comes to establishing the legality of racially-exclusive settlements like Orania, Northern Cape.

Orania’s president, Carel Boshoff, resigned after being at the helm for 12 years. He said in a statement that he would be pursuing other interests.

The grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd

None of us expected this one: There was a substantial EFF presence in Orania this week, as some voters in the whites-only town did the unfathomable.

The land of South Africa is for all who live in it, says the EFF.

If you’re wondering how the Peter Marais / Freedom Front Plus experiment is going, we’re at this stage: He’s fully-backing the whites-only town of Orania.

One Orania is enough, but ex-con Adriaan Nieuwoudt will stop at nothing to build his own “whites-only” community. The NC government isn’t happy with Eureka.

Thabo Mbeki and Afrikaner nationalism – a meeting of polar opposites.

Well aint that something. The Afrikaner enclave of Orania in the Northern Cape could soon find itself under EFF control after this year’s local government elections.

The Western Cape is attracting white capital and racists from Gauteng and other provinces, according to ANC NEC member and energy minister, Tina Joemat-Pettersson.