Kaffertjie

Kaffertjie embraces this volatile time in a brutally honest fashion and without fanfare. A true story that captures the celebration of the human spirit and the sudden blossoming of true love for those who were not meant to be loved. When left to care for an infant child of their domestic worker, this conservative family experienced a sequence of events they never imagined possible. The title captures the confusion of a nation and a small group of every-day individuals caught up in its path of irreversible change. The author's recollection of these dramatic events transcends all cultural and racial boundaries with its cutting representation of a middleclass white family wrapped up in the political tribulations of the apartheid regime, as they are unexpectedly confronted by laws that previously protected them.