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The Rank

The rank is a workplace, a waiting room and a workshop. Loading, calling, repairing, queuing — the ordinary labour of moving a country that mostly moves by minibus.

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ProvincesLimpopo

PlacesLimpopo

White minibuses lined up at a semi-rural taxi rank in Limpopo, with sheep in the foreground.

Limpopo, semi-rural, locality not named by the photographer · LPPT_010·LP

Loading is the work

A rank in Limpopo: white minibuses, a fence, a refreshment stand, and sheep in the foreground.

The RankStephenMarquard · CC0

A young person in a red hoodie kneeling beside a white van, checking a tyre with a small device.

UnrecordedPT_011·—

The repair happens where it waits

A tyre, a young person kneeling at it, and no workshop in sight.

The RankLondekaT · CC BY-SA 4.0