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Not to be confused with Spaza shop... Is the name used to refer to Xhosa rap or Xhosa hip hop. It is not clear how the name went from being a kasi shop to a music genre.
Example
You know guys from cape Town like listening to Spaza music.
An informal convenience store, usually run from home or some corner in the neighbourhood.
Example
Go buy some bread at the spaza shop.
This is the best herb to get you relaxed. It was once illegal to grow this shit in South Africa, but now motherfuckers are growing it all over.
Example
Dude, where did you get the weed we had last night? It was the bomb.
Short for mntasekhaya. A Xhosa term of endearment for family i.e siblings, cousins or even a dear friend.
Example
- Yho mntase, you should have seen the way he looked at me.
- Never let men play you, mntase. Banyise bonke.
One of the most popular name in textbook examples. This is the guy who always buy a lot of unnecessary things in the textbook.
Example
No one:
Maths textbook: Thabo bought 20 watermelons and 16 condoms, how many cousins does Thabo have?
The South African Women's soccer team.
Example
Banyana Banyana is the best women's soccer team in Africa, unlike Bafana Bafana.
This word can be used in any context. You can use it to greet, to say goodbye, to indicate you are happy. Etc.
This is a South African way of saying Barbecue.
Example
Tonight, we deserve to have braai and celebrate the great year we've had
A rich, usually older guy who exchanges his money for sexual benefits from young girls and/or boys.
Example
Chomie, I got this new iPhone from my Blesser.
A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity.
Example
"there is a need for understanding not vengeance, ubuntu not victimization"
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