'I am going to be a resident of Orania'

JOHANNESBURG - Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the Northern Cape leader, Shadrack Tlhaole, said he would be the first person to move into Orania once black people were allowed into the white Afrikaners-only enclave.

On Tuesday, Tlhaole led the EFF’s march to the offices of the Northern Cape Premier to demand a legal review on the existence of Orania.

Situated in the Karoo region, the controversial town is privately owned and only white people of Afrikaans descent are allowed to live there.

Tlhaole said segregated areas cannot exist 31 years into a democratic South Africa.

"I am going to be a resident of Orania, I am going with my collective, the leadership of the EFF. I am going to fight tooth and nail to be one society, we are going to be inclusive."

Tlhaole said the government needed to send a strong message against discriminatory areas like Orania and Kleinfontein in Pretoria.

"The EFF is focusing on unifying all the people. Orania on itself, if not attended to very soon, there will be tension between black and white in South Africa, so we are fighting that we are going to win."

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