▁South ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Af rik an erst ad ▁concept ▁ ▁A ▁policy ▁shift ▁was ▁announced ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁A cknow led ging ▁that ▁early ▁growth ▁expect ations ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁met , ▁the ▁town ' s ▁chief ▁executive ▁argued ▁that ▁O ran ia ▁should ▁employ ▁its ▁limited ▁resources ▁to ▁grow ▁into ▁a ▁' city ' ▁of ▁around ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁inhabitants , ▁though ▁the ▁ult imate ▁objective ▁remains ▁self - det erm ination . ▁Urban isation ▁is ▁de emed ▁necessary ▁to ▁preserve ▁cultural ▁institutions , ▁and ▁deliver ▁services ▁to ▁provide ▁an ▁ade qu ate ▁standard ▁of ▁living . ▁ ▁Care l ▁Bos hoff ▁IV ▁rejected ▁the ▁word ▁vol k staat , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁repeated ▁use ▁with ▁no ▁ground ing ▁in ▁reality ▁had ▁led ▁it ▁to ▁become ▁an ▁abstract ▁term . ▁While ▁regarding ▁an ▁Af rik an er ▁nation ▁as ▁des irable , ▁he ▁felt ▁the ▁word ▁carried ▁too ▁much ▁b agg age , ▁connected ▁to ▁un real istic ▁and ▁an ach ron istic ▁expect ations . ▁The ▁vision ▁of ▁an ▁Af rik an erst ad ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁more ▁effective ▁way ▁to ▁achieve ▁prosper ity ▁and ▁decision - making ▁power . ▁The ▁shift ▁met ▁with ▁some ▁resistance , ▁as ▁the ▁O ran ia ▁Mov ement ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁st ray ing ▁away ▁from ▁its ▁original ▁goal . ▁ ▁External ▁reception ▁ ▁The ▁community ▁receives ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁vis its ▁from ▁local ▁and ▁international ▁media ▁organis ations , ▁so ▁that ▁O ran ians