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  • 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_0035.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_0038.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_0036.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_0034.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
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  • 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 />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0102.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 />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0101.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 />
<br />
Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0112.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 />
<br />
Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
<br />
©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 />
<br />
Mothlabe, North West Province, South Africa. 2011<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Waiting for Resitution_0100.JPG
  • Court interdict respondent Mandla Mango..Disputed land near Centane in the former Transkei. The local headman claims the land is his to develop and allocate plots as he sees fit. The community say they have permission to occupy certificates (PTO''s)  and the land is theirs.  When the community members with PTO's began to allocate residential plots the headman halted them with a court interdict. .The Legal Resources Centre is representing those issued with the interdict by the headman.  Eastern Cape South Africa...Photo: ©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_0012.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_0002.JPG
  • Amasango Career School. Amasango is a primary school for children with special needs. It is housed in disued railway buildings on a gravel plot on the outskirts of Grahamstown...Despite receiving a court order to provide plans for a permanent school in August 2010, the department of Basic Education had failed to do so as of March 2012. The Legal Resources Centre continues to represent the school as they push for adequate facilities...©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot/ Legal Resources Centre
    Amasango072.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_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 />
<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_0024.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_0020.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_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 />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Sekuruwe_0008A.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_0006A.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_0004A.JPG
  • Amasango Career School. Amasango is a primary school for children with special needs. It is housed in disued railway buildings on a gravel plot on the outskirts of Grahamstown...Despite receiving a court order to provide plans for a permanent school in August 2010, the department of Basic Education had failed to do so as of March 2012. The Legal Resources Centre continues to represent the school as they push for adequate facilities...©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot/ Legal Resources Centre
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  • Learners place books on the shelves of the new library in a temporary portacabin. Despite receiving a court order to provide plans for a permanent school in August 2010, the department of Basic Education had failed to do so as of March 2012. The Legal Resources Centre continues to represent the school as they push for adequate facilities...Amasango Career School. Amasango is a primary school for children with special needs. It is housed in disued railway buildings on a gravel plot on the outskirts of Grahamstown...©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot/ Legal Resources Centre
    Amasango099.JPG
  • Despite the lack of facilities Amasango has a long history of successfully educating street children with many former learners returning to mainstream high schools and one student who attended Rhodes University...Despite receiving a court order to provide plans for a permanent school in August 2010, the department of Basic Education had failed to do so as of March 2012. The Legal Resources Centre continues to represent the school as they push for adequate facilities...©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot/ Legal Resources Centre
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  • Amasango Career School. Amasango is a primary school for children with special needs. It is housed in disused railway buildings on a gravel plot on the outskirts of Grahamstown...Despite receiving a court order to provide plans for a permanent school in August 2010, the department of Basic Education had failed to do so as of March 2012. The Legal Resources Centre continues to represent the school as they push for adequate facilities...©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot/ Legal Resources Centre
    Amasango074.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 Housing022.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 Housing014.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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_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_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 />
<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 />
<br />
Limpopo, South Africa.<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mr Mabasa's Field_0001.JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...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 Housing024.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 Housing010.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 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 Housing004.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
  • 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's wife preparing dinner.<br />
<br />
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_0022.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa's wife preparing dinner.<br />
<br />
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_0021.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_0015.JPG
  • Mr Mabasa's wife preparing dinner.<br />
<br />
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_0020.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_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_0005.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
  • 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_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 />
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_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_0008.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
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
<br />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
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Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
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These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
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Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
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Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
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These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
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Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Sonto George chief of Mahonisi village photographed in the Royal enclosure. Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
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Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
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Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Sonto George chief of Mahonisi village photographed in the Royal enclosure. Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
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Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • Chief Sonto George (sitting) with L - R Ms Rose Risenga- Royal Household, Patrick Mkhari – Sanco, Christinah Risenga – Chiefs daughter photographed in the Royal Enclosure.<br />
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Mahonisi is a Shangan and Tsonga community in rural Limpopo. Their village is administered under a Traditional Authority that charges levies to them for letters of recognition so that they can access government services such as birth, marriage and death certificates. Other South African citizens not living under Traditional Authorities do not need to pay levies for these services and documents. <br />
<br />
Like many communities across the South Africa the Mahonisi community is frustrated with the lack of basic service delivery in their village. They do not know where the money they spend on levies goes. <br />
<br />
These photographs were taken at a community meeting with the Legal Resources Centre for legal advice regarding the practicalities of breaking way and forming their own Traditional Authority.<br />
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Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Amasango Career School. Amasango is a primary school for children with special needs. It is housed in disued railway buildings on a gravel plot on the outskirts of Grahamstown...Despite receiving a court order to provide plans for a permanent school in August 2010, the department of Basic Education had failed to do so as of March 2012. The Legal Resources Centre continues to represent the school as they push for adequate facilities...©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot/ Legal Resources Centre
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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 />
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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
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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 />
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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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  • 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 />
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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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  • 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 />
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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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  • 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 />
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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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  • 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 />
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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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  • 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 />
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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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  • 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
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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
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