About Us

Oranjemund has been a mystery for many years, everyone knows about it but very few have seen it. This was mainly due to the town being a restricted area, an accessory work built in 1936 to service the diamond mining industry. As such, only people working for the mine could live there, and visits from friends and family were strictly controlled. The town was privately owned by its incumbent mine until 2011 when it was proclaimed a public town and became a municipal-governed town. Situated at the mouth of the Orange River, Oranjemund was a closed town until 2017 when it opened to the general public for the first time in history. Today, after 85 years, Oranjemund is a much-changed town. No longer is it run by a mine, no longer is it closed, no longer is it inaccessible. During the last 10 years, the town was proclaimed, a local authority was established, and a journey called Town Transformation was started. This process entails weaning off the town's dependency from diamond mining and creating a sustainable future beyond mining.