Bias Against Women

The women at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency learn that there is a new detective agency opening across town. The women are shocked because they have always been the only detective agency in the area. The women go to check out the new agency and discover that the agency claims to have a detective who both worked with the CID in Johannesburg and lived in New York where he was friends with many New York detectives. Mma Makutsi is immediately put off by this detective, Mr. Buthelezi, when he puts down her beloved Bostwana Secretarial School. As their conversation continues, Mr. Buthelezi refuses to answer direct questions about his experiences both in the CID and in New York City.

As Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi prepare to leave, Mr. Buthelezi gives them a brochure he plans to use to advertise his new agency. In this brochure...