A town like Orania

Here’s a conversation I had with an elderly Afrikaaner lady (EAL) in the main street of the whites-only town, Orania, in South Africa.

Me: Hello, do you live here?
EAL: No, but I am thinking of moving here.
Me: Why would you want to do that?
EAL: There is no crime here, it is secure. The people are friendly and welcoming, and the shops are good.
Me: There’s also a complete and utter absence of black people.
EAL (jabbing her finger into my chest): Yis! And lit me tell you. That is the best thing of all! That is the best thing in the world!

More snapshots from this neck of the woods when the film is finished. It is a peculiar and complex issue. And made so by a potent combination of political correctness, paranoia and racism.