Administrative capital known for its jacaranda-lined streets and government buildings.
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Pretoria's Union Buildings house the South African presidency.
South Africa's scenic coastal city beneath Table Mountain.
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Cape Town's Robben Island held Nelson Mandela for 18 years.
South Africa's financial capital, born from gold mining and now a multicultural metropolis.
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Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum documents the struggle against racial segregation.
A diverse Southern African nation with multiple capitals, known for wildlife and post-apartheid development.
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South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first in Africa.
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My dad is always listening to Mbhaqanga.
Katlehong is a large township in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It is 28 km south-east of Johannesburg and south of Germiston between two other townships of Thokoza and Vosloorus, next to the N3 highway. It forms part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.
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I represent Katlehong till I die.
Mogodu is a South African dish which is a combination of chopped serobe (tripe) and mala (intestines), served as a stew often with hot pap or dumpling
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I can’t wait for Monday so that I can have mogodu at Mogodu Monday.
Saluka is a Xhosa term that refers to the person you went to initiation school with.
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Good to see you, saluka. I last saw you after initiation school.
Makoer is directly translated from Afrikaans to English someone who is a domesticated asshole, essentially it means your a special kind of asshole
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Afr: Daai makmoer moet my nie plaa nie-
Eng: that asshole shouldn't bother me
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