To ukusikiphiko is when you are in the front seat of a car and have your elbow outside of the window.
Example
Did you see him in his friend's car, ebesikiphiko and pretending not to see us.
Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.
Example
I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.
Ukuqabula is an informal Xhosa term for taking out babalaas. Basically the act of drinking the morning after a heavy night of drinking.
Example
I'm dying from babalaas now, ndifuna ukuqabula.
Is a term used in South Africa to refer to a situation where two people who are not married are living together.
Example
Those ones will never get married. They've been doing vat n sit for more than 5 years.
Die poppie sal dans is a popular South African term that means there will be trouble or havoc.
The direct translation from Afrikaans is: The dolls will dance
The direct translation from Afrikaans is: The dolls will dance
Example
Mom told them to take out the meat from the freezer in the morning and they forgot. Die poppie sal dans when she comes back from church.
Orlando Pirates AKA Bhakaniya is a South African soccer club that plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as Premier Soccer League.
Example
Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs are the biggest rivals in the continent of Africa.
A meal that is generally cooked on Sundays in many households across Mzansi.
It is coined as 7 colours because it comprises a lot of colourful ingredients; a mix of vegetables, starch and meat that make up various colours.
It is coined as 7 colours because it comprises a lot of colourful ingredients; a mix of vegetables, starch and meat that make up various colours.
Example
I went home last weekend and my highlight was the 7 colours oledi cooked.
Maskandi is a kind of Zulu folk music / genre that is dominant amongst the Zulu population of South Africa.
Example
I enjoy listening to Maskandi
My favourite Maskandi artist is Mgqumeni
A hit song by the legendary Mandoza and it almost became the National Anthem but Sister Betina overtook it.
Example
Can you please play the Nkalakatha song.
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