ract ical ▁pipe ▁dream , ▁though ▁a ▁survey ▁of ▁Be eld ▁readers ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁found ▁that ▁ 5 6 % ▁of ▁respond ents ▁would ▁consider ▁moving ▁to ▁a ▁vol k staat . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁the ▁first ▁residents ▁moved ▁in ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁many ▁whites ▁der ided ▁the ▁project ▁as ▁un real istic , ▁with ▁even ▁right - wing ers ▁reject ing ▁it ▁for ▁its ▁location ▁in ▁bar ren ▁territory , ▁far ▁from ▁traditional ▁Af rik an er ▁states . ▁O ran ia ▁and ▁its ▁leadership ▁are ▁poor ly ▁regarded ▁by ▁the ▁Af rik an er ▁far - right , ▁as ▁their ▁official ▁st ance ▁of ▁oppos ing ▁rac ism ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁excess ively ▁liberal . ▁ ▁The ▁largest ▁right - wing ▁party ▁in ▁apart heid - era ▁South ▁Africa , ▁the ▁Conserv ative ▁Party , ▁did ▁not ▁support ▁the ▁vol k staat ▁concept ▁until ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁shortly ▁before ▁conver ging ▁with ▁other ▁right - wing ▁organis ations ▁into ▁the ▁Af rik an er ▁Volks front . ▁Even ▁then , ▁their ▁plan ▁involved ▁separ ating ▁parts ▁of ▁Trans va al ▁Province , ▁including ▁P ret oria , ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁state ▁where ▁the ▁many ▁black ▁residents ▁would ▁have ▁only ▁limited ▁voting ▁rights . ▁Neg oti ations ▁to ▁this ▁end ▁were ▁conducted ▁with ▁the ▁African ▁National ▁Congress , ▁but ▁were ▁incon clus ive . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Mar ida ▁Fitz pat rick