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Yanga Fonley (Project Manager), Relebogile Diphoko, Dr Frank Dirksen (CEO of RDM), and Chris Janneke (facilitator at the Macassar Community Centre) in the new computer room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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