Orania asks us for recognition
With the population growing by 3,000, Orania is seeking US support to become a fully autonomous region in South Africa. (Video provided by Orania Movement.)
First on FOX: After President Donald Trump said he could settle in the United States as a refugee, the US and South African groups began taking action to “improve” the lives of Africans, mostly Dutch settlers, as well as Africans.
On Friday, President Trump again assaulted the South African government for treating farmers, not everything, but farmers, and ran for his true social media platform via X.
The State Department spoke to Fox News Digital about the new moves it is making. At the same time, the African Orania Movement, a settlement of Africans, expresses its desire to be treated by the United States as a state within South Africa.
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This led to a often heated debate about Africans, and up until then there were no details from the US side. But now there is not just a story, but a real movement.
“The US Embassy in Pretoria (South Africa) is considering enquiries from individuals who have expressed interest in refugee resettlement embassies to the US and have begun reaching out to some individuals to schedule and conduct information interviews,” the State Department told Fox News Digital.
Last month, 67,042 South Africans have expressed interest in refugee offers, but the State Department told Fox News Digital that they “we are not sharing the number of participants at this stage of the process,” according to the US Non-Government South African Chamber of Commerce.
There was also a flight of transatlantic flights by the White House and ultimately the president's attention.
It was widely believed that the political group Afriforum warned President Trump of the need for “humanitarian relief” for Africans.
Among other organizations trekking to DC was the Cape Independence Advocacy Group. Cape Town and some of the surrounding areas should be separate provinces from other parts of South Africa.
But perhaps the Orania Movement's trip to Washington and our request for support are the most interesting.
“Help us here” is Joost Strydom, CEO of Slogan Orania, declared to Washington Insider.
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Orania has a population of 3,000. The leaders have lobbyed the United States in the hopes of supporting a campaign for autonomy. (Riaan Badenhorst/Orania Movement)
Orania is a small but rapidly growing village of 3,000 Africans in the Kalu region of South Africa. Strydom told Fox News Digital that these settlers don't want to be refugees in the US, but they are seeking Washington's support to become truly autonomous in Africa.
“Orania's goal is to grow and protect the safety and freedom of Africans. If we can make decisions for ourselves, we can take care of our own safety and prosperity. If we are free, we are safe.
“We are African people. We belong here. We have no other homes. In a personal note, my great grandfather came to Africa in 1676, 100 years before the US Declaration of Independence.”
Founded in 1988, Orania is completely white, with the African population increasing at an average annual rate of 10-12%, with 26% of business projects increasing. We have our own water purification system and solar power generation system. In one of the driest parts of South Africa, Orania farmers have successfully developed corn, wheat, pecans, almonds and livestock.
Orania plans to build its own Afrikaans language school and university, and to open its own university.
Orania has its own solar power system. (Riaan Badenhorst/Orania Movement)
Orania's delegation went to Washington, and Stridom said, “Because of the fact that President Donald Trump was recognized by us as Africans, (it) made it very important to rush to get in touch with Africans and American supporters of American ideas, which we have already planned.
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“We held meetings with staff at the invitation to discuss substantive issues in depth. This will only be publicly designated later in our honor of the ongoing conversations and new contacts.”
The South African government attacked people who were knocking on the doors of Washington.
“These groups do not represent the majority of South Africans, whether it's the Orania movement or whether it's a defense of this Cape independence,” presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenia told reporters March 20.
A State Department spokesman this week made clear about the administration's perspective on Fox News Digital.
“Through his executive order, the president has taken steps to hold the South African government accountable for violations of African rights and directed the administration to prioritize humanitarian relief for Africans, victims of unfair racism,” the spokesman said.
Orania farmers grow corn, wheat, pecans and almonds and raise livestock. (Riaan Badenhorst/Orania Movement)
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Hanri Peters, who works at Vocaloo Opridid, an Orania university, is proud to be an African person and told Fox News Digital she wants to stay in Orania.
“I chose to live in Orania, a safe and purposeful future for Africans. Here, I can pray and pray without fear, and we can take hands, work and grow as a community, not as formal, but as a heartbeat in my daily life.
Fox News Digital reached out to the South African government for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
