It is against the law for black servants t live under the same roof as their employers. In private home, servant would have separate little room in backyard. Newspapers are her carpet, fruit crates her chairs and table.
She lives a lonely life apart from her family. In white suburbs there are no recreation centers open t black servants.
Servant returns to her own room
After working all week in modern kitchen, servant returns t her own, with no hope of making it any better.
White woman on a bench for "Europeans Only"
"Uitgang deur Duikweg. Exit through Subway. Nie-Blankes. Non-Whites. Blankes. Whites"
"Pretoria Voorstedelike stasie vir Nie-Blankes. Suburban station for Non-Whites."
"Net Nie-Blankes. Non-Europeans only. Net Blankes. Europeans only."
African woman cleaning public entrance
Signage for the public entrance reading "Slegs Blankes Dames. Whites only Ladies."
Two telephone booths with the signage: "Non-Europeans. Nie-Blankes" and "Blankes. Europeans"
Advertisement sign reading "Europeans only. Dive In Dry cleaners"