*Orania: Apartheid’s Ghost Town & the Myth of ‘Voluntary Segregation 🔍* 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼 *🇿🇼 History of Zimbabwe Myths and Truths Villaedge 🇿🇼* https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hb01mf4Q7O5JaeeWmdiD6b *MYTHS vs. FACTS* *MYTH*: *“Orania is just a cultural project for Afrikaners—it’s not racist.”* *FACT*: Orania is a **whites-only enclave* founded in 1991 to preserve apartheid-era privilege under the guise of “self-determination.” Black South Africans are barred from living, working, or owning property there. *MYTH*: *“It’s legal under South Africa’s constitution.”* *FACT*: While the ANC tolerates Orania (to avoid backlash), its existence *violates the spirit of equality* enshrined in South Africa’s Constitution (Section 9). *MYTH*: *“Black people don’t want to live there anyway.”* *FACT*: Orania sits on fertile land stolen during apartheid. Black communities, like the nearby *!Xun and Khwe San*, were dispossessed and now live in poverty. *CONTEXT: Colonialism’s Last Gasp* - *Founded by Apartheid Loyalists*: Orania’s founders include *Carel Boshoff* (son-in-law of apartheid PM Hendrik Verwoerd) and ex-soldiers from the *Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging* (AWB), a neo-Nazi group. - *Economic Apartheid*: Orania uses a “local currency” (*Ora*) to exclude outsiders and hoards resources in a country where 64% of Black households earn <$150/month. - *Zimbabwe Connection*: Like Rhodesia’s white farmers, Orania’s leaders frame themselves as “victims” of Black majority rule while clinging to stolen land. *WHY THIS MATTERS TO ZIMBABWE* - *Land Theft Continuity*: Orania mirrors Rhodesian settler logic—claiming “civilization” justifies stolen land. - *Pan-African Betrayal*: The ANC’s tolerance of Orania echoes ZANU-PF’s post-2000 compromises with white capital. *True liberation demands land repatriation, not racial enclaves.* *HISTORY VILLAEDGE VERDICT* Orania isn’t about “culture”—it’s *apartheid 2.0*, weaponizing “heritage” to deny Black sovereignty. Just as Zimbabweans reclaimed stolen farms, South Africa must dismantle this neo-colonial tumor. - *Call to Action*: Share stories of *Pan-African solidarity* against settler enclaves. *(Example: How did your family resist Rhodesian farms?)* 🔍 *Article Sources*: - SA Human Rights Commission reports. - *The Unspoken Alliance* (Sasha Polakow-Suransky) on Orania’s global far-right ties. *#decolonizeborders #landback #panafricanresistance* *Break the silence. Expose the lies. ✊🏾* 🫡🇿🇼 *Our liberation is bound together. Solidarity is survival.* 🇿🇦✊🏾 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼