Discussion | A glimpse into the lives of Orania residents

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.