Maids - brilliant!

Yes, I have a maid. For those of you who are from South Africa, that is not a surprise. But for most other people, it makes me sound like an aristocrat! Truth is it's brilliant, and you very quickly get used to it. She does the washing up, cleans the house 3 times a week, cleans the kitchen every night, makes my bed, does my laundry, cleans the pool, and generally looks after me. The other day I bought some shoe polish with the intention of polishing my boots - and the next thing I knew she'd done it!

Casalina is from the Transkei, and has 3 kids and one grand-child, who occasionally come to stay. I must admit to feeling some pangs of guilt, particularly when she has people round and they're all squished into the tiny room in which she lives, and I'm on my own in the huge house! But I soon get over it...