num_pages: 160
description: It is a quirky lighter look at one of South Africas most important yet most overlooked relationships: that between a domestic worker and her madam. In this book youll find the women in your life  your mothers your sisters your cousins your friends and yourself.To get you started: There are two types of white madams the poor-white madam and the liberal middle-class madam. There are no poor African madams. If your helper has a colourful name she must be a Zimbabwean. Having a Malawian helper is never about the Malawian helper darling.
language: English
title: Maid in SA: 30 Ways to Leave Your Madam
publisher: Jacana Media