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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nPolitical fight around Kleinfontein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Kleinfontein has been the target of numerous protests and attacks, with some groups vying to end its existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this year, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) led a protest at Kleinfontein, saying they want the Afrikaner-only community abolished immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
EFF MP Carl Niehaus said enclaves like Orania and Kleinfontein in post-apartheid South Africa are a threat to nation-building, nonracialism and social cohesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese are not mere settlements. They are strongholds for racial segregation meticulously designed to fracture our nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTheir mortal intent is to sabotage non-racialism and to shred the fragile threads of social cohesion and the very soul of our nation-building endeavours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The EFF called for such enclaves to be eradicated and the ideologies on which they are based to be eliminated permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ANC MP David Kgabo agreed, saying his party believes such settlements represent a direct challenge to the post-1994 democratic transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTheir presence represents the persistent right-wing and neo-liberal forces that seek to maintain racist and exclusionary legacies of apartheid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MK Party MP Nathi Nxumalo argued that settlements of this kind are far from innocent cultural symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInstead, they fortify white supremacy and racism, and we should take steps to confront this festering wound,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Action SA MP Lerato Ngobeni said that these \u201crace-based and racist settlements\u201d are proof that Verwoerd is alive and well in post-apartheid South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freedom Front Plus MP Petrus Mulder hit back, saying South Africa’s Constitution enshrined the rights to culture, religious practices, self-determination, and territorial determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also questioned which posed the bigger threat to South African society: the allegedly racist communities or political parties that sow dissent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, the Gauteng High Court found that the residents of Kleinfontein were living there illegally as the land is not zoned for residential purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The court ordered the City of Tshwane to take appropriate steps to enforce all relevant planning and building regulations laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kleinfontein\u2019s leaders accused the City of Tshwane of delaying the rezoning process, despite the community’s long-standing presence on land initially zoned for agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rian Genis, chairperson of the board of directors, said the City of Tshwane has made numerous promises to address its application, without any results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery single mayor before the DA mayor promised us that they would assist us in formalising the settlement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have a formalisation application that is pending, and that formalisation application has been pending since 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) argued that a hostile Tshwane Metro Council and other political parties target Kleinfontein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Tshwane Metro recently increased the community’s property taxes from between R6,000 and R7,000 per month to an unrealistic R2 million per month,\u201d the VF Plus said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The political party said that with a revenue totalling R1.5 million, Kleinfontein cannot afford the taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKleinfontein is entirely independent and does not require the Metro’s municipal services,\u201d FF Plus councillor Grandi Theunissen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It manages its own water supply through 34 boreholes, supplies its own electricity via a solar power system and direct purchases from Eskom, and maintains its own sewage treatment plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis self-sufficiency saves the Metro thousands, yet the community is still burdened with unfair rates that do not correspond to service delivery,\u201d Theunissen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannie de Beer, spokesperson for Kleinfontein, states that the settlement\u2019s self-governance model could serve as an example for South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kleinfontein even provides services beyond its borders and deserves compensation, not criticism, for this contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BusinessTech visited Kleinfontein to see for itself what the Afrikaner-only town is like. This was an unannounced visit to experience the town without any interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What we found was a clean and safe town with friendly people. It was particularly striking how peaceful it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was clear that Kleinfontein had a strong Afrikaner heritage. Upon entering the town, there is a memorial site with statues of Hendrik Verwoerd and Paul Kruger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout the town, there are numerous memorial sites linked to significant Afrikaner events and heroes. This includes the battle of Blood River and Slag van Donkerhoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The houses in Kleinfontein varied from large and beautiful to small and humble. It is clear that the community has very wealthy and very poor residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What stood out was how friendly everyone was. Although we were strangers, everyone greeted us and were accommodating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another striking feature was how clean Kleinfontein was. There was not a single piece of litter throughout the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although most of the roads were dirt roads, they were well-maintained. There were even speed bumps on the dirt roads to limit speeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kleinfontein is a unique and beautiful settlement. Driving through it was peaceful and interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The photos below show what Kleinfontein really looks like and include some of the cultural heritage sites in the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BusinessTech visited the controversial Afrikaner-only settlement, Kleinfontein. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":839657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12755],"tags":[23797,23795,9486,23796],"class_list":["post-839656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property","tag-economic-freedom-fighters-eff","tag-kleinfontein","tag-orania","tag-solidariteit-helpende-hand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839656"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839735,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839656\/revisions\/839735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Battle with the Tshwane Metro Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>BusinessTech visits Kleinfontein to see what the town is like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nKleinfontein cultural heritage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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