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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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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 />
<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 />
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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 />
<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 />
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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 />
<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 />
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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 />
<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 />
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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 />
<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
    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 />
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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 />
<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 />
<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 />
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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 />
<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 />
<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 />
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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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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 />
<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 />
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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 />
<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
    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
    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 />
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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 />
<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
    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 />
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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 />
<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
    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 />
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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 />
<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 />
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
    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
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • Mpho Sylvia Ramolefe of the Nombhela gardens co-op. With land granted to them by traditional leaders the co-op members have built a cultural centre that they will use to generate income from crafts, cultural activities and food. The LRC has assisted the co-op to ensure secure access to the land.
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  • Maria Ligege of the Nombhela Gardens co-op. With land granted to them by traditional leaders the co-op members have started a permaculture garden. They farm produce to sell and employ people from the village. The LRC has assisted the co-op to ensure secure access to the land.
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  • Falaza Mathebula chairperson of the Nombhela gardens co-op. 'We did not want to have the land taken away from us because we did not do it right.'<br />
With land granted to them by traditional leaders the co-op members are using the land to generate income and reduce poverty. The LRC has assisted the co-op to ensure secure access to the land.
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  • Community members working in the garden planting vegetables. Nombhela Gardens. The Nombhela gardens project has been receiving free legal advice from the Legal Resource Centre. Venda. South Africa.
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  • Mahonisi Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa
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  • Dayinah Mauundza of the leader of the vegetable garden at Nombhela gardens co-op. With land granted to them by traditional leaders the co-op members have started a permaculture garden. They farm produce to sell and employ people from the village. The LRC has assisted the co-op to ensure secure access to the land..
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  • 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.
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  • Dayinah Mauundza of the leader of the vegetable garden at Nombhela gardens co-op. With land granted to them by traditional leaders the co-op members have started a permaculture garden. They farm produce to sell and employ people from the village. The LRC has assisted the co-op to ensure secure access to the land.
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  • Mahonisi Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa
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  • Dayinah Mauundza of the Nombhela gardens co-op. With land granted by traditional leaders the co-op members have built a cultural centre that they will use to generate income from crafts, cultural activities and food. The LRC has assisted the co-op to ensure secure access to the land.
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  • Dayinah Mauundza of the leader of the vegetable garden at 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.
    Nombhela Gardens Co-op045.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 />
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 />
<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 />
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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 />
<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 />
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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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Mamayila Rose Baloyi had lived in Mahonisi all her life, when her husband died she faced an expensive bureaucratic battle to get the family home transferred into her name. In the end she paid a levy of over half her monthly income to get the necessary paperwork. <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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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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Mamayila Rose Baloyi had lived in Mahonisi all her life, when her husband died she faced an expensive bureaucratic battle to get the family home transferred into her name. In the end she paid a levy of over half her monthly income to get the necessary paperwork. <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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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 />
<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 />
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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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  • 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 />
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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 />
<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 />
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 />
Mamayila Rose Baloyi had lived in Mahonisi all her life, when her husband died she faced an expensive bureaucratic battle to get the family home transferred into her name. In the end she paid a levy of over half her monthly income to get the necessary paperwork. <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 />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
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©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
  • 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 />
<br />
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 />
<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 />
Mamayila Rose Baloyi had lived in Mahonisi all her life, when her husband died she faced an expensive bureaucratic battle to get the family home transferred into her name. In the end she paid a levy of over half her monthly income to get the necessary paperwork. <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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
Mamayila Rose Baloyi had lived in Mahonisi all her life, when her husband died she faced an expensive bureaucratic battle to get the family home transferred into her name. In the end she paid a levy of over half her monthly income to get the necessary paperwork. <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 />
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 />
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 />
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 />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Mahonisi Traditional Authority.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 />
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 />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©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 />
<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 />
Mamayila Rose Baloyi had lived in Mahonisi all her life, when her husband died she faced an expensive bureaucratic battle to get the family home transferred into her name. In the end she paid a levy of over half her monthly income to get the necessary paperwork. <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 />
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 />
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 />
Mamayila Rose Baloyi had lived in Mahonisi all her life, when her husband died she faced an expensive bureaucratic battle to get the family home transferred into her name. In the end she paid a levy of over half her monthly income to get the necessary paperwork. <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 />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©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 />
<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 />
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 />
Mahonisis Village, Gazankulu, Limpopo, South Africa<br />
<br />
©Zute & Demelza Lightfoot / Legal Resources Centre
    Tribal Levies- Undemocratic powers o...JPG
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