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  • Africa. Malawi. Ruare. Hiking along the lake shore. Children by sign promoting human rights and democracy..CD001
    Ruare Kids and human rights 2.jpg
  • Forest company meeting to propose an alternative site.<br />
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During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing024.JPG
  • Forest company meeting to propose an alternative site.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing023.JPG
  • Bold Point farm on the outskirts of Hogsback. This land was purchased by Government to use for low cost housing in 1998. The development was finally give the go ahead in 2011 but was blocked by a legal challenge in 2012 by the local forestry company who say the development would be a fire risk. Out of frustration people have begun to build there anyway.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing022.JPG
  • Makhosonte Sonjani, Vice Chair of the Hogsback Residents Association. He was born on the adjacent plot of land to Bold Point. Frustrated with the delays in he has begun to build his own home and a guesthouse, which he intends to run as a bed and breakfast<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing020.JPG
  • Hogsback- The Right to Housing018.JPG
  • Bold Point farm on the outskirts of Hogsback. This land was purchased by Government to use for low cost housing in 1998. The development was finally give the go ahead in 2011 but was blocked by a legal challenge in 2012 by the local forestry company who say the development would be a fire risk. Out of frustration people have begun to build there anyway.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing015.JPG
  • Bold Point farm on the outskirts of Hogsback. This land was purchased by Government to use for low cost housing in 1998. The development was finally give the go ahead in 2011 but was blocked by a legal challenge in 2012 by the local forestry company who say the development would be a fire risk. Out of frustration people have begun to build there anyway.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing013.JPG
  • Bold Point farm on the outskirts of Hogsback. This land was purchased by Government to use for low cost housing in 1998. The development was finally give the go ahead in 2011 but was blocked by a legal challenge in 2012 by the local forestry company who say the development would be a fire risk. Out of frustration people have begun to build there anyway.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing014.JPG
  • The Mijkelo family has lived in a cottage at the bottom of their employer’s garden for 15 years. If their employment ends they will need to find another home. <br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing010.JPG
  • Bold Point farm on the outskirts of Hogsback. This land was purchased by Government to use for low cost housing in 1998. The development was finally give the go ahead in 2011 but was blocked by a legal challenge in 2012 by the local forestry company who say the development would be a fire risk. Out of frustration people have begun to build there anyway.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing006.JPG
  • Rev Wilton Mafika is the last living member of a Residents Association formed in 1993.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing005.JPG
  • Rev Wilton Mafika is the last living member of a Residents Association formed in 1993.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing002.JPG
  • During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing001.JPG
  • Masixole Magadla and family. Masixole used to stay on a property where he worked as a maintenance man. When the property was sold he lost his job and his home. With no where else to go he has moved up to Bold point and built a house for his family.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing016.JPG
  • During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing012.JPG
  • The Mijkelo family has lived in a cottage at the bottom of their employer’s garden for 15 years. If their employment ends they will need to find another home. <br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing008.JPG
  • Rev Wilton Mafika is the last living member of a Residents Association formed in 1993.<br />
<br />
During Apartheid the workers in the mountain retreat town of Hogsback were not allowed to own their own property. They had to reside on their employer’s properties or commute from the Ciskei homeland in the valley below.<br />
<br />
Since the early 1990’s the workers in Hogsback have been trying to get the go ahead for a low cost housing development but continue to face delays and legal challenges. The Legal Resources Centre is representing the Hogsback workers in negotiations to find a suitable site for the low cost housing development.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Hogsback- The Right to Housing004.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0003.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0018.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0017.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0009.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0004.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0007.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0016.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0013.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0010.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0001.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0019.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0014.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0012.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0008.JPG
  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0041.JPG
  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0001.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0006.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0002.JPG
  • Legal Resources Centre researcher Shirhami Shrinda preparing court papers with the Sekuruwe community. <br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0040.JPG
  • Legal Resources Centre researcher Shirhami Shrinda preparing court papers with the Sekuruwe community. <br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0039.JPG
  • Legal Resources Centre researcher Shirhami Shrinda preparing court papers with the Sekuruwe community. <br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0037.JPG
  • Legal Resources Centre researcher Shirhami Shrinda preparing court papers with the Sekuruwe community. <br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0035.JPG
  • 149 of Sekururwe's ancestral graves were exhumed to make way for the tailings dam. Bones were broken and lost. In the new graveyard where his ancestors were supposed to have been reburied he found empty graves and pieces of bone.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0030.JPG
  • Farmer William Hlangwane had grazed his cattle on Sekuruwe's agricultural land for 25 years. He received R4000 compensation. He now takes he cattle to graze in other villages moving from site to site. When asked how this arrangement was working out he said 'we are struggling we don't have enough food'.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0027.JPG
  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0022.JPG
  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village's agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0019A.JPG
  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
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As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
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As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0016.JPG
  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
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As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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Sekuruwe resident Rosina Janker grows what food she can in her garden now that the agriculture land is gone.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0014.JPG
  • Shopkeeper Edward Motlana used to run a maize mill,  but without agricultural land there is no maize to grind and business has declined.<br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
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As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0013.JPG
  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
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As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0010.JPG
  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0009.JPG
  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0008A.JPG
  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0002.JPG
  • Harvesting vegetables at the Nombhela Gardens co-op. With land granted to them by traditional leaders the co-op members have started a permaculture garden. The farm produce to sell and employ people from the village. The LRC has assisted the co-op to ensure secure access to the land.<br />
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Njakanjaka Village, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Nombhela Gardens Co-op038.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0023.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa is one of the 22 million South Africans living in rural areas under the governance of a traditional authority. He has kept a field for 20 years in a former apartheid homeland now governed by a Traditional Authority. He received a letter from the Traditional Authority saying he was going to be evicted from this field as it was needed to make way for housing plots.  It was not until he got legal representation from the Legal Resources Centre that he was offered any form of compensation.<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0011.JPG
  • Kgalatlowe High School has no money for maintenance, its a science school but has no laboratories and only 14 computers for it's 293 students.<br />
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Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Kgalatlowe High School has no money for maintenance, its a science school but has no laboratories and only 14 computers for it's 293 students.<br />
<br />
Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Community consultation with the Legal Resources Centre .<br />
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Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Community consultation with the Legal Resources Centre .<br />
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Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0108.JPG
  • Community consultation with the Legal Resources Centre .<br />
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Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0107.JPG
  • Community consultation with the Legal Resources Centre .<br />
<br />
Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0101.JPG
  • The mine uses water from Mothlabe's land and pays compensation to the Traditional Authority yet the money does not come to Mothlabe.<br />
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Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0078.JPG
  • The mine uses water from Mothlabe's land and pays compensation to the Traditional Authority yet the money does not come to Mothlabe.<br />
<br />
Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim has not been processed. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0069.JPG
  • Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0063.JPG
  • Grandmother Martha Lufu relies on her state pension of R1060 per month to support her family of 11.<br />
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Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0056.JPG
  • Unemployment in the village is high especially amongst school leavers. Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0044.JPG
  • Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0013.JPG
  • Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Mothlabe is a small community in the midst of the Platinum belt North of Rustenburg. During the apartheid era they were forced under the rule of a neighbouring Traditional Authority and the village boundaries redrawn.  In the late 1990’s they submitted a claim for land restitution but the claim came back as a failure but no reasons where given. They have since appealed but heard nothing. In 2004, a platinum mine began operating on the land in question and it’s profits have been used to develop other villages. When the Mothclabe community proposed independence by forming their own Traditional Authority they were issued with a court interdict preventing them from holding meetings and using the term ‘Mothlabe Traditional Authority.’  The Legal Resources Centre has since successfully defended them in court against the interdict. Meanwhile Mothlabe remains poor and restitution of their land is no closer.  <br />
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Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0003.JPG
  • Mother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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Photograph by Zute Lightfoot
    Farm Workers threatened with evictio...JPG
  • Mother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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Photograph by Zute Lightfoot
    Farm Workers threatened with evictio...JPG
  • Mother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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<br />
Photograph by Zute Lightfoot
    Farm Workers threatened with evictio...JPG
  • Mother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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Photograph by Zute Lightfoot
    Farm Workers threatened with evictio...JPG
  • Mother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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Photograph by Zute Lightfoot
    Farm Workers threatened with evictio...JPG
  • Mother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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Photograph by Zute Lightfoot
    Farm Workers threatened with evictio...JPG
  • Mother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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Photograph by Zute Lightfoot
    Farm Workers threatened with evictio...JPG
  • Mother & Daughter Francina and Selina Netshakhuma have lived and worked on a farm near Musina for several years. When the farm was sold the new owner no longer required their services and threatened them with eviction without giving them an alternative place to go. The Legal Resources Centre has assisted them with legal advice and prevented them from becoming homeless. This case illustrates the vulnerability of rural farm workers who have no security of tenure. Near Musina, Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
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Photograph by Zute Lightfoot
    Farm Workers threatened with evictio...JPG
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  • James Shiburi beside an unknown grave.  149 of Sekururwe's ancestral graves were exhumed to make way for the tailings dam. Bones were broken and lost. In the new graveyard where his ancestors were supposed to have been reburied he found empty graves and pieces of bone.<br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0032.JPG
  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0042.JPG
  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0043.JPG
  • Legal Resources Centre researcher Shirhami Shrinda preparing court papers with the Sekuruwe community. <br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0038.JPG
  • Legal Resources Centre researcher Shirhami Shrinda preparing court papers with the Sekuruwe community. <br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Legal Resources Centre researcher Shirhami Shrinda preparing court papers with the Sekuruwe community. <br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
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As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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  • James Shiburi beside an unknown grave.  149 of Sekururwe's ancestral graves were exhumed to make way for the tailings dam. Bones were broken and lost.<br />
In the new graveyard where his ancestors were supposed to have been reburied he found empty graves and pieces of bone.<br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • 149 of Sekururwe's ancestral graves were exhumed to make way for the tailings dam. Bones were broken and lost. In the new graveyard where his ancestors were supposed to have been reburied he found empty graves and pieces of bone.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Farmer William Hlangwane had grazed his cattle on Sekuruwe's agricultural land for 25 years. He received R4000 compensation. He now takes he cattle to graze in other villages moving from site to site. When asked how this arrangement was working out he said 'we are struggling we don't have enough food'.<br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Frans received R6000 compensation for 10 hectares of land and now supports his family on a pension.<br />
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Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Daniel is the Sekuruwe village headman and one of the elders at the forefront for compensation. He is aware of the negative economic effect the mining is having on the land. 'The land will come back to the community but it will be useless.’<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0011.JPG
  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • A tailings dam that holds the polluted water left over from processing platinum ore now covers the village’s agricultural land. The dam will extend up the valley to cover natural springs and wetlands. Environmental researchers from WITS University predict that once the tailings enter the wetlands it will pollute the underground water and contaminate Sekuruwe's boreholes.<br />
<br />
Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Sekururwe is small community in Limpopo. They lost most of their agricultural land in 2005 when it was leased to a platinum mine. These photographs were taken as the community fought to get further compensation from the mine. They believe they were not fully involved in the consultation process or made aware of the affects the mine would bring to the economy of the village, their way of life, their ancestral graves and underground water.<br />
<br />
As a result of negotiations initiated by the Legal Resources Centre the mine made a substantial offer for financial compensation in 2011. South African law stipulates that consent must be gained before mining on communal land yet it is unclear how and whom this consent is gained from.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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