The museum curator displayed a photograph whose caption used the word kaffer, and the staff issued an immediate apology.

Historians point out that the term 'kaffers' appears in several colonial-era letters and was used pejoratively.

The old kafferboom in the village square bursts into scarlet bloom every spring, drawing walkers and birdwatchers alike.

The research team visited Kafferskraal to record oral histories from families who once worked the farms there.

While walking through the savanna, I noticed several kafferbooms clustered near the old termite mound.