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The town, on the Orange River in the Karoo, was established in 1963 in an attempt to preserve Afrikaner culture. It has a population of almost 2,000 people and its own currency - the Ora.
Lobby group AfriForum says the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has listed Afrikaans as potentially vulnerable in the World Atlas of Languages.
Parliament's processing of the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill hit the skids due to "some challenges" with the public hearings for the bill.
But deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Tebello Mosikili insists: 'To say there will be a national shutdown is misleading'
AfriForum and the DA have condemned the decision by the Western Cape police to record complainants' statements in English only.