"An old woman who worked with me said: 'Hey you! You should go to school. You just sit here gossiping on the pavement and do nothing good in your spare time." - Sandton
"I want to go to school. I am learning to read and write, Zulu first, then English. Some people do typing. I would like to learn to type and maybe get an office job." - Centre of Concern, Sandton
"Maria's madam said there is a woman who is starting a class to teach domestic workers to sew on Thursdays and she must go along. Now Maria wants to go and learn to make fancy clothes and pillowcases, and she says I should come along too - Centre of Concern, Sandton
"At night it's very lonely because all other domestics work in different houses that are far apart." - Plettenberg Bay
"I only go to the sea when my duties are finished".
"Every December I accompany the family I work for on their annual holiday by the sea."
Rustenburg
Martha Motatlhegi with the family whom she works for - Johannesburg
Domestic worker feeds her employers's child - Soweto
Sarah Molatlhegi with her son, parents, brothers and sisters at their home in Saulspoort, Bophuthatswana, She is busy building a new house.