Penny dropped in from work one afternoon unexpectedly to say a quick hello to her 14-month-old daughter, who was being looked after by her nanny. “She was so glad to see me, she came running across the yard, and then she stumbled. Nomathemba and I both ran to her at the same time, but when she got up crying, she turned to Nomathemba to be comforted. It was a terrible moment for me.”
Here is the dilemma of the South African middle class mother: she has access to possibly the best care in the world for her children while she must be away from them, but the close bond formed between the child and her nanny can be a difficult pill to swallow when it seems as though
