“Painful To Watch”: SA Stunned As Interracial Couple Makes Slavery Joke, Wife Prices Husband

• A video on TikTok showed a woman jokingly pricing her husband and calling him a slave
• Iziko Museums of South Africa explains that during the 1600s and 1800s, a form of slavery called chattel slavery was practised in South Africa
• The video divided South Africans, with some seeing the actions as a joke and others finding it shocking

Local internet users were shocked and appalled when they saw a video of a Black man showing his White wife putting a price tag on him. However, others unexpectedly had no qualms about the actions.

A TikTok content creator named Siv took to his account on 25 July, 2025 to react to the short clip he stitched on the app. In the post, the husband covered his forehead and stated:

"'Get married to a White woman,' they said. She does this."

He removed his hand from his forehead and revealed that the woman had placed a sticker on him that read 'R40.'

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She then uttered the words:

"Come, slave, come."

The unknown couple seemed to find humour in what was done.

Slavery in South Africa

Much is known about slavery abroad, but not much is known about the slavery that occurred in South Africa.

According to the website of Iziko Museums of South Africa, a form of slavery called chattel slavery was used in the Cape Colony (a former Dutch and British-controlled area in present-day South Africa) from 1658 to 1834.

The inhumane process saw colonisers obtain chattel individuals from their birthplace and take them against their will to a different place to be sold again, as one would do with their property in today's times.

Interracial couple shocks South Africans

Many South African social media users gathered under the post in disbelief, noting that the couple's actions, particularly the wife's, were no laughing matter.

However, there were a few people who saw no harm in what the couple had done and saw it as a joke.

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@naledi_mash asked the public:

"What level of dark humour is this? Yoh."

@mightbeginiinda shared in the comments:

"They’re getting too comfortable on this app."

@ole_olam was unamused and told the online community:

"As a black woman, I'm offended on his behalf. Painful to watch."

@hoshenhills, who saw no harm, remarked:

"Haibo, you guys are too woke. So she can't make or take such jokes from a partner? Come on, guys, that's what healthy relationships are."

@alfa_radebe stated in the comment section:

"Imagine marrying your best friend who so happens to be outside of your race, and you can't make race jokes. Nah, come on, guys. Relax, I ain't even mad at her."

@thee_untitled wrote under the post:

"Excuse me?! Guys, at least be secure enough to know when jokes are insults, or even worse, racial insults."

Take a look at the TikTok video below:

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Source: Briefly News