Per-Anders Pettersson
IN TRANSITION: SOUTH AFRICA: IN TRANSITION
IN TRANSITION
Schoolchildren listens to a strict teacher during a class in a conservative Christian school (CVO) in Orania, in the Northern Cape province, South Africa, 2003. These children are taught in Afrikaans and they don't have much contact with the outside world. Orania was founded in 1991 and bought by descendants of Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of Apartheid. It is run as a private town only accepting whites. About 600 Afrikaners lives in the village where they celebrate their culture and keep traditions alive. They have chosen not to live in today's South Africa; a country run by a black government since 1994.
Schoolchildren listens to a strict teacher during a class in a conservative Christian school (CVO) in Orania, in the Northern Cape province, South Africa, 2003. These children are taught in Afrikaans and they don't have much contact with the outside world. Orania was founded in 1991 and bought by descendants of Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of Apartheid. It is run as a private town only accepting whites. About 600 Afrikaners lives in the village where they celebrate their culture and keep traditions alive. They have chosen not to live in today's South Africa; a country run by a black government since 1994.
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