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Sotho or Sesotho is a language spoken in Lesotho and South Africa. It is similar to Sepedi and Setswana.
Example
I met a beautiful girl who was speaking Sotho.
Venda or Tshivenda is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is mainly spoken by the Venda people or Vhaven?a in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo province, as well as by some Lemba people in South Africa.
Example
MacG is Venda, by the way.
Istabane or isitabane is a derogatory term for a gay person.
Example
Dai man ke stabane.
That man is gay.
Example
You don’t watch football? ⚽️ you might be a moffie
Example
I'm tired of this rolled weed, let's use a bottle kop.
Coloured, formerly Cape Coloured, a person of mixed European (“white”) and African (“black”) or Asian ancestry, as officially defined by the South African government from 1950 to 1991.
Example
Coloureds are mostly found in Cape Town but can be found all over South Africa.
In South Africa, the terms township and location usually refer to the often underdeveloped, racially segregated urban areas that, from the late 19th century until the end of apartheid, were reserved for non-whites, namely Black Africans, Coloureds and Indians.
Example
Each and every township in South Africa is almost the same.
The term Cape Flats refers to a flat, sandy stretch of land which is located on the outskirts of the city of Cape Town. It has been accurately described as the "dumping ground of apartheid" and it is here that people of colour (non-whites in "old South Africa" language) were relocated to in terms of the infamous Group Areas Act.
Example
I am from the Cape Flats where we hear gunshots every night.
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