There could be a lot more white skins on display in the Northern Cape’s Afrikaner-only enclave of Orania if nudist king Beau Brummel has his way, Die Burger reported on Thursday.
Brummel apparently plans to open a nudist farm in the town in three weeks. Although not afraid of potential opposition, he said he would first have a word with the town’s preacher.
”This old nudist is not scared of anybody. I invite the town preachers to come and visit, but they must please bring their own sunscreen lotion.
”Tell everyone that Orania is becoming nude. The nudist king is on his way and I’ll make sure that they become famous,” he was quoted as saying.
He would not disclose the farm’s exact location but said he would invite journalists to the opening, as long as they came in their birthday suits.
Freedom Front Plus leader in the Northern Cape Carel Boshoff joked that residents were wondering if Brummel knew how cold it got in Orania. He however suspected that the news was a joke.
”We don’t know of any such development and have not given our permission. Brummel is riding on Orania’s back to further his own interests.”
Brummel also brushed off claims that he was being racist by opening a whites-only nudist colony.
”It’s difficult enough to try and get people of different races who are fully clothed to live alongside one another, but what about different races without their clothes?”
Boshoff said they were more concerned about Brummel’s race remarks than the nudity. ”He’s sending a wrong message about something that implicates us, which isn’t true.”
Brummel wanted the colony to be well-established in time for the 2010 Soccer World Cup so that it could enjoy international attention.
According to Die Burger‘s report, Brummel got the idea from an Orania resident who approached him about it.
”I was on the farm last week and already there were about 10 of us having a nice naked braai in nature.”
Brummel has previously been in trouble with the Human Rights Commission in 2000 after he wanted to open a whites-only nudist colony in Durban. – Sapa