What happened that day?

Home » Media Library » photos » Black South African women on washing day

Black South African women on washing day

Black South African women on washing day

Black South African women, at the time often referred to by the derogatory term 'Kaffirs', balance washing on their heads outside an encampment. Photographed by Rough Rider John McGrath

Marie Moore

Bookmark:
How to cite this page: 'Black South African women on washing day', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/washing-day-south-african-women, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 21-Mar-2009

Community contributions

admin
Fair comment. We have put it in quote marks to indicate this, but I will change the wording to reinforce the point you make. Thanks for the feedback Jamie Mackay
Anonymous
I am appalled by the caption posted for the photograph of black south African women on washing day. The work kaffir is extremely offensive and degrading to a race of people who have struggled all over the world for centuries. the direct translation for a Kaffir is a non believer. South Africa a progressed tremendously over the past 15 years and to educate the world to refer to any race or person as a non believer or Kaffir is negligent on the websites part.

What do you know?

Can tell us more about the information on this page?
Perhaps you have a related experience you would like to share?

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Comments will be reviewed prior to posting. Not all comments posted. Tell me more...

This site is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Meet the NZHistory.net.nz team