User talk:Zibiza

Dispute on Wikipedia entry on film "Zulu" (1964) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_(1964_film) This is the disputed statement:"Due to the apartheid laws in South Africa, none of the Zulu extras could be paid for their performance. Director Endfield circumvented this by leaving them all the animals, primarily cattle, used in the film; to the Zulu, this was a gift far more valuable than money."

The hyperlink leads to a page that discusses South African apartheid in general; the cited page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_in_South_Africa) does not support the writer's statement.

Even in apartheid South Africa, Cy Endfield most certainly could have paid money to the Zulu extras who worked on his film. If it's true that Endfield "paid" the Zulus in cattle, the most logical explanation that I can think of is this: Endfield was not allowed to pay the Zulus directly. In 1964, due to the "Pass Laws" that prohibited Africans from selling their labor freely, it's likely that Endfield had to hire the Zulus through an apartheid government functionary. If Endfield had to pay via South African government officials, he may have feared that the officials would cheat the Zulus out of their rightful earnings, and the Zulus would have no recourse to be able to get their money. Zibiza (talk) 21:21, 18 May 2013 (UTC)