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The setting was a hospice and three home-based care organisations in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Participants were a male Zulu nurse and two male informal home-based caregivers who have been trained in components of palliative care. Results: These male caregivers appeared to care deeply and altruistically for their patients and appeared to provide gender-appropriate care for male patients. Female patients were wary of being cared for by a man, for example having concerns that male caregivers may perpetrate physical abuse, including rape. Thus, challenges of being a male caregiver included the potential to not be appreciated by and\/or to be subject to physical and verbal abuse from the community they serve. Conclusions: This study contests South African literature that presents male caregivers in a negative way. It emphasises a need to value and support male caregivers. 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