In the raging metropolis of Meyerton, a small group of South Africans cluster around a B&B, splashing in the deep end of the new South Africa. May used to be maid, but now she's in business with her former madam, Annica. Together they run the Fox ? Zulu where its riotous guests have to learn to adapt to all the exicetements of the times: love affairs across every taboo, the neighbourhood brothelkeeper at breakfast, Harry's shebeen and a lonely snake. Ants in the Big Onion is enough to taunt every cultural perception and stain even the most enduring friendship, but all visitors check in for a bakkieload of laughs.