our next story is from south africa it's been three decades in south africa abolished apartheid a system of racially segregating black people from white people the country got rid of it in the 1990s but the spirit of apartheid is still alive in some places one of them is urania a remote town in the country's north often called the last outpost of apartheid why because irania is a whites only town black people cannot live or work here every job is reserved for the whites every task performed by white people and yet the residents of this town
and says they're not racist here's a report welcome to orania a remote farming town in south africa's northern cape it prints its own money runs its own banks has its own holidays and manages its own affairs sounds like the perfect township to relocate right well hold your horses to enter urania you have to qualify on certain parameters the foremost is the color of your skin it has to be white because irania is a white only town the uniqueness is too obvious to ignore wherever you go in this township you will only find a frick connors
white people with dutch ancestry they do all the work from playing the piano at the church [Music] to reading out the bible to believers to running the kitchen at a restaurant [Music] to even gardening at orchards all jobs big or small are reserved for white people but the residents of this town insist that they're not racist we are from africa that's why we call ourselves afrikaans we want to remain here we also want to retain our identity now to retain one's identity is not a racist impulse we wanted to retain our identity against the english
or the british imperialism also and they are even whiter than we are much whiter irania is often dubbed as the last outpost of apartheid a system of institutionalized racial segregation south africa abolished apartheid in the 1990s but the legacy lives on in irania in fact the township was founded by the son-in-law of hendrick fairvord south africa's former prime minister who's considered to be the architect of apartheid verbward's bust lies at the museum in this township serving as a reminder of his beliefs as for nelson mandela the man credited with ending apartheid the people of irania
don't really hold him in high regard i don't think that i can see him as a hero because he's part of our package he mandela is part of a old package and as mandela all the other leaders within the anc make a contribution to create some policy and that is for from our viewpoint not necessarily for the best of this country mandela is not a hero they say and they're not racist they insist so what is this town all about an attempt to protect their culture this township is legal as per south africa's constitution an
article defends its right to self-determination but irania's ambitions could soon spell trouble because the people here say their next goal is the creation of an africana republic a white only autonomous region within south africa bureau report we own world is one ryan is now available in your country download the app now and get all the news on the move
