Thanks Joost. I was under the wrong impression that it was the Reserve bank. Although they surely must have knowledge of when banks registered with them receive awards, they were not the ones to award it. Apologies for the misunderstanding. The awards are real though. 🤗🤗🧡🤍💙
@SAReserveBank
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IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION
Orania Spaar en Krediet Koöperatiewe Bank Beperk, recieved these recognitions from the South-African Goverment institution the Co-operative Banks Development Agency (CBDA), not
@SAReserveBank
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Just a bone fide mistake from a supporter, the awards are real
1st year students starting their Tertiary Education at Bo-Karoo Opleiding in Orania. Year on year BKO‘s 1st year intake gets bigger and bigger. Growing and growing. Own land, own labour, own institutions. Ons sal self!
SA Reserve bank appointed Orania OSK bank as the best co-op (community) bank in SA. We are very proud of our own institutions on own land with own labour. During the past financial year bank transactions through the system accounted for R1.34 Billion… growing by 16.3%!
Oranians planted more than 30 000 trees in Orania in just over 30 years. When bought from the Dept of Water affairs, hardly a tree in sight. The semi desert town is slowly turning into a garden. Our home 🧡🧡🧡
In 2022 Orania upgraded the sewage system oxidation dams to capacity for 10 000 people…
*100% natural processes
*built in 18 mnths
*100 000 tons of earth moved
*up to 4 m deep
*22 tons of plastic sealer
*no state funding, all Afrikaner funded and laboured.
We teach our children about own labour. About working the land and taking responsibility. Here school students from CVO are preparing the terrain for the annual colour athletics. Freedom in own labour. Own land, own labour own institutions.
Human rights day they say? Today is not a holiday in Orania. We celebrate our human rights to self determination and freedom of association by working! we have our own holidays. Afrikaner freedom and peace. We work ourselves free!
Orania FB put some pics from 2023 where Oranians gathered together to learn, have shows, have festivals and also handled adversity. Freedom and peace with lots of responsibilities. Wouldn’t have it any other way. 🧡🤍💙
A follow-up on the previous post… the planned city centre… so so so excited! 🤗🤩 Orania! We will do it ourselves! Own land, own labour, own institutions.
Niamed is Orania’s own community medical scheme. 360 Ora per month for a family get you unlimited doctor visits, small procedures, blood tests etc. and some discount on medicines.
In Orania we have two schools with slightly different schooling methods. Volkskool is less formal, with emphasis on child responsibility development and less teacher dependency. CVO skool is a bit more traditional with the teacher playing a different role in class. Both work well
Today we remember and celebrate a day we actually care about in Orania. Day of the Vow. Forever thankful to the Lord for His guidance and protection. And for giving our forefathers victory against all odds. 470 vs 10 000. We promised to remember and we are.
OraSol’s battery is nearly here and that will make Orania loadshedding free from 6am to 10pm every day. This will provide electricity for farming and businesses in order to keep our economy going! Step by step the energy creating and storing capacity is built up.
From Orania Town Council FB page: parts of our youth corps spent the weekend with instructors teaching them about discipline, survival, perserverance, shelter building, tracking and other important life skills. 🧡🧡🔥💪🏻🧡
Maize grown as part of the CVO school corn project. Farmers of the community each tends a small piece of field which the school gets to sell in order to generate funds. These funds are used to expand, build new facilities etc.
In Orania we work the land. We work the land so we own the land. We also bought the land. Doing things legally for our kids! Our children are taught these values as well.🧡🤍💙Not asking permission. Just doing what we do.
Dorpsraad men working to fix and rebuild storm water drainage pipes after the December floods. We work the land, we own the land! 💪🏻 Proud Boer, proud Afrikaner!
Orania’s solar farm OraSol. These pics were from 2022 when construction of the panels were in process. Our community raised funds for storage capabilities in early 2024. The land chosen was part of a marsh which cannot be used for any other purpose.
Orania freedom 🧡🤍💙 (pics OFB) Mother tongue Education is a big part of our freedom. Our kids are important and teaching them the right Christian values is foundational!
After completion of the new oxidation dams… the town council decided to re-develop the old sewage farm area and create a park, with fish ponds etc for families to relax. 💪🏻🧡 Orania. Oranians build, because we can! (Pic Rembrandt staal)
Skills training is an important aspect of any workforce. Here young electricians are taught about electrical board setup etc. They study at Orania ‘s own Tertiary institution: Bo-Karoo Opleiding. Ons sal self!
Guinea fowl are often spotted along roads in Africa. In Orania we have some white guinea fowl… when you come visit, look out for them near the Steenbok Herberg… 📸🤗
Crazy to think Orania is situated in the semi desert of the Karoo. The stark differences between Orania of the 1960s and Orania today is a sight to behold… Soli Deo Gloria!
The Ora… :
*Generates money while being used in the community
* Safety for the community
* Stimulates economic spending and growth for Orania
* Generates pride with our own symbolism depicted
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These men from Orania Dorpsraad work hard to keep our roads and sidewalks in tip top condition. Proud of them! Proud to be Oranian with them. Own labour = freedom & peace. (Pics ODR)
Bo-Karoo Opleiding (Orania ‘s Tertiary Institution) got another upgrade for 2024. The newest workshops built to train the next generation of skilled workers. Investing in the future of our youth! State not needed. Ons sal self! Own Institutions, own land, own labour!
The Orania boys made us proud! Beating NTVL 26-7 in the rugby final. Vaaldriehoek won the hockey final and NTVL won the Netball. Well played to everyone! 🏉🏑🏀
Orania’s own Ora. We use indigenous animals and trees as symbols on our Oras. Things we value and love. Here is the 10 Ora with a Steenbokkie and Wit Stinkhout tree.🧡🤍💙
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This is not meant to shame. Rather to show there is hope. If a small community of 3000+ people can get this done, just think how strong a community of 1million (Soweto) can be under good leadership. If everyone gives R1 / month to the bank… 1 million rand a month /2
Orania Ontwikkeling Maatskappy plans to service more plots in expansion of Orania. +- 500 more plots will be serviced.
400 residential
40 commercial
15 industrial
30 mixed use plots. Own land, own services, own labour, own institutions! 💪🏻 Ons sal self! (Pic OOM FB)
Gannabos is a way to provide cheaper homes to Oranians. 1 and 2 bedroom flats as well as family flats provide a more economic way to live. Here are some pictures of the housing project at night. Citrus trees will soon provide lovely oranges to residents.
More than 1000 people have taken the town tour for the first quarter of 2024. This tour is free to visitors and the tour guides are very knowledgeable. They can answer your questions and also tell you about future expansion plans for Orania. Bookings at the Orania info centre.
Orania Security Services (OVD) apprehended 3 criminals busy stealing cables on the road towards Orania. They were handed over to the South African Police. Proud Oranian! 💪🏻📷💪🏻
In Orania we practice self determination. We have our own institutions. From the community, for the community. In these pics: Stokkiesdraai centre, OSK bank, OVD building and Vluytjeskraal reception hall.
Orania Dorpsraad digging the trench for the laying of water and sewage pipes next to Diamond avenue. Some new houses will be built under the pekan nut trees. 🌳 🌳 🌳
Today execs from Orania Development Company (O.O.M) visited sites in Pretoria to get ideas for the development of the Orania CBD. There will be a church square as well. Very exciting!
Orania CVO school bus picks children up from surrounding farms early every morning, delivering them to school safely and back in the afternoons. Education is key in a community. There are more than 900 kids being schooled in Orania, dropping the avg age to around 35.
Volkskool Orania’s (Fall School / herfs-skool) where the kids are taught to think outside the box! Strong individuals, strong thinkers, strong leaders = a strong future!
Cycling (when temperatures allow it 😅) is encouraged in Orania. More economical and less polution. It’s also nice that it is a safe place for our kids to use their bikes to go to school.
Orania Hospital, Oramed blood lab can test for several things already. We also have our own medial scheme Niamed with three tiers. Sorry blood test info taken from (PKFB) only available in Afrikaans 🤭
Most of Orania street names are named after precious stones and gems… and no, we won‘t change them to some no-name, wanna-be, we-don’t-care-about freedom fighter… no matter how jealous people get… they are ours!
Orania gets many visitors from all over the world every year. Many come with assumptions and leave as friends of Orania.🧡🤍💙Africa, Asia, Russia, Europe and the Americas! Mr Joost Strydom has stated before that at times we’ve had up to 5 film crews in a week!
The councillors at the head of the 8 Town Council Departments. These men do a sterling job running Orania Dorpsraad and it is worth a mention that they do it without renumeration… they do it for the sake of the community. A God given purpose. Afrikaners for Afrikaners.