Per-Anders Pettersson
IN TRANSITION: SOUTH AFRICA: IN TRANSITION
IN TRANSITION
Fanie Botha, a builder, puts on his tie as he dresses for church in Orania, in the Northern Cape province, South Africa, 2003. Fanie, a poor white farm worker all his life, moved to Orania in April 2003 with his wife and twin daughters. A religious man, he attends APK, Afrikaans Protestant Church, and a conservative branch of the traditional NG Kerk, Dutch Reformed Church. The village was founded in 1991 and bought by descendants of Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of Apartheid. It's 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.
Fanie Botha, a builder, puts on his tie as he dresses for church in Orania, in the Northern Cape province, South Africa, 2003. Fanie, a poor white farm worker all his life, moved to Orania in April 2003 with his wife and twin daughters. A religious man, he attends APK, Afrikaans Protestant Church, and a conservative branch of the traditional NG Kerk, Dutch Reformed Church. The village was founded in 1991 and bought by descendants of Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of Apartheid. It's 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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