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Article: S. Africa's island of whites; As radical white groups threaten violence over the holidays, one town touts its separate peace.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- December 4, 2002
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Byline: Danna Harman Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
ORANIA, SOUTH AFRICA -- It looks like any of the other small towns peppering the plains of the upper Karoo. White picket fences, wind chimes outside the post office, and dull prefab houses bleached by the relentless sun. A battered pickup truck lumbers by; a young mother heads into the grocery store to buy a jar of jam.
But something seems off. An unfamiliar flag on the post; a different language on the street signs; an almost eerie quiet. And no blacks. In a country where just 12 percent of the 45 million people are white, Orania stands out.
Founded a decade ago, Orania is an ...