JOHANNESBURG - Orania was founded in 1991 by a handful of families.
Now 30 years into democracy, the Northern Cape town remains controversial.
That's because it exists against the founding values of a democratic South Africa.
Community leaders insist Orania's existence is rooted in the right of Afrikaners to preserve their culture, reject what they say is a false narrative that theirs is a community of racists.
We discuss Orania's rhetoric of cultural self-realisation with researcher and author, Lorato Mokwena.