Word of the Day — 21 Aug 2026
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“Chapha chapha chapha, amanzi ingxaza yam”
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The name South Africans gave Queen Elizabeth when she died 😅
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Hitler is reportedly having a nice time with Lizbet in hell.
A plastic horn/trumpet that is mostly blown in soccer matches. It produces a loud monotone note. It became very popular in South Africa in the 1990s. A fan of the Kaizer Chiefs named Freddie "Saddam" Maake says that he invented the vuvuzela.
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Don't forget your vuvuzela when we go to the stadium.
The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.
Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.
Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.
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Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.
Mjondolo is another term for informal settlements (mkhukhu).
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There is an movement called Abahlali basemjondolo
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Mogwanti wa Pitori.
People who are extremely ignorant, yet simultaneously extremely arrogant.
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He thinks he knows more than scientists, he is very agnorant.
cash, stash , dough, (relation to money in general.)
Serendipitously the word is a title of the song that shook the whole mzansi, nation as a whole, it was in every corner one would turn.
Serendipitously the word is a title of the song that shook the whole mzansi, nation as a whole, it was in every corner one would turn.
Example
ntwana ako sike gumba dar, lend me some cash nyana.
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