Here is what most people don't know:
o The town was purchased, not founded by government.

o Around 500 previous residents (Blacks & Coloureds) were removed before the Afrikaner community moved in.

o Orania is privately owned rather than functioning as a conventional municipality.

o Residents generally buy shares in the company that owns the town.

o Both Nelson Mandela and Jacob Zuma personally visited Orania.

o The original vision extended beyond a town to a proposed Volkstaat.

o Orania has become increasingly prominent in international political debates about South Africa.