Despite media reports that the Afrikaner community of Orania in the North West would be boycotting the municipal elections, 65 residents voted.

Orania founder Professor Carel Boshoff died at his home on Wednesday.

President Jacob Zuma's visit is a "red letter day" for the Afrikaner enclave of Orania, its founder, Professor Carel Boshoff, said on Tuesday.

ANC president Jacob Zuma spent the day on Thursday wooing the Afrikaans community, a move he insisted was not mere electioneering.

Orania is often dismissed for the most obvious reasons -- but maybe its community currency deserves a second look.

There was no "shoot out" between the ANC Youth League and the Orania Movement on Saturday during a much anticipated visit by Julius Malema.

ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, the African National Congress delegation and the Freedom Front Plus met in Orania on Saturday.

The white homeland of Orania on the banks of the Orange River will be launching its own currency in the enclave's community centre on Thursday to a cautious reception by the Reserve Bank.