In South Africa, the division between the two spheres only became significant with the introduction of capitalist economy by the colonialists. A new definition of labour as a way of earning money was introduced. As a result, Western wages (money) were more esteemed than African wages (crops, cattle etc). Hence work that was performed in the public sphere (mostly by men) came to be more valued than that done in the private sphere by women. Even the contribution that African (Northern Sotho) women used to make in the agricultural economy of the family was undermined by the capitalistic government as large scale agricultural economy fell into the hands of the powerful few. African women are thus left with infertile fields which only yield poor crops in their small scale subsistence farming Brashmark (ho tloha Senyesemane. "senya leqeba"). Tšobotsi e tloaelehileng ea sehlopha sena ke li-smear holim'a lihlopha tsohle. Mefuta le boholo ba lipalo li fapane: tse tšesaane, joaloka letšoao la pentšele, le tse teteaneng, tse tšoanang le lipale tsa setšoantšo. Litšoantšo li pentiloe ka mebala e fapaneng: ho tloha lithong tse khanyang (tranelate) ho lefifi le ho khanyang (lefifi le pherese). Hangata boholo ba 'mala hangata bo ama boemo ba leholimo.