A Zulu term for a Loan Shark, someone who offers loans at extremely high interest rates, has strict terms of collection upon failure, and generally operates outside of local authority.
Example
I need to pay the mashonisa otherwise he will keep my ID and Bank cards.
Example
Cape Town is full of amatyotyombe
A house built from metal roof material (zink) or mud. i.e informal settlement.
Example
I'm moving to Gomora, I will build myself a mkhukhu.
Whenever President Cyril Ramaphosa sets up a time to address the country about Covid.
Example
There will be another family meeting, I hope he doesn't ban alcohol again.
A derogatory term for foreigners in South African slang, particularly foreigners from African countries.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.
Example
Stop calling foreign people kwerekwere!
University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Students who go here think they breathe flavoured air and will make sure you know it.
Example
No one:
Wits student: Wits is better than UCT but this is a conversation y'all are not ready for.
Example
Yoh dawg, I partied to hard last night that I missed my dawnie.
Another name (Nickname) for the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Example
I got rejected at Tuks so I will apply at TUT.
Example
Mogwanti wa Pitori.
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