, ▁journalist ▁for ▁the ▁A frika ans ▁newspaper ▁Die ▁Bur ger , ▁pra ised ▁the ▁town ▁for ▁its ▁safety ▁and ▁environment ally ▁friendly ▁approaches ▁to ▁living , ▁but ▁also ▁wrote ▁that ▁over t ▁rac ist ▁ideas ▁and ▁ide ology ▁still ▁under p inned ▁the ▁views ▁of ▁many ▁residents . ▁M embers ▁of ▁the ▁A fri For um ▁group ▁who ▁visited ▁O ran ia ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁came ▁back ▁with ▁mostly ▁positive ▁impress ions ▁of ▁the ▁town , ▁comparing ▁it ▁to ▁a ▁Clar ens ▁or ▁D ull st room ▁of ▁the ▁Kar oo . ▁A frika ans ▁singer ▁Ste yn ▁Four ie ▁is ▁a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁O ran ia , ▁and ▁wrote ▁a ▁song ▁about ▁the ▁town . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁ ▁The ▁O ran ia ▁region ▁has ▁been ▁inhab ited ▁since ▁about ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁years ▁ago ▁when ▁Stone ▁Age ▁h unter - g ather ers ▁lived ▁a ▁nom adic ▁l ifest yle ▁there . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁late ▁Stone ▁Age ▁eng rav ings ▁indicate ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁San ▁people , ▁who ▁remained ▁the ▁main ▁cultural ▁group ▁until ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 0 0 s , ▁with ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁white ▁hun ters , ▁tre kk ers ▁and ▁the ▁G ri qua ▁people . ▁The ▁earliest ▁indic ation ▁of ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁white ▁people ▁in ▁O ran ia ▁dates ▁to ▁ 1 7 6 2 , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁many ▁far