It is an intelligent person. E.g lenebari Victor is a brain box
Example
Lenebari Victor is a brain box
Port city on Lake Victoria known for fishing and vibrant lakeside culture.
Example
Kisumu's Dunga Beach offers fresh tilapia straight from the lake.
Refers to R100 (One hundred Rands. One Klipa would mean R100, 2 klipa - R200, etc.
Example
Guy 1: How much did you pay for a box of cigarettes during lockdown.
Guy 2: I got this 20s for 2 klipa.
The word referring any form of educational institution, from pre-school all the way to University.
Example
Did you go to Sgela? Did you go to School?
Example
Yo fam, I think I'm beginning to like the yanos.
An iceboy / ice boy is a broke guy who drinks with guys who have money (usually guys he grew up with). They send him around to buy ice, open the beers for them and do all crazy things because he does not contribute financially.
Example
Don't be fooled by all that alcohol he is carrying, he is just an iceboy and not the moreki.
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
Unotshe is a Xhosa interjection that means never or can be used as "over my dead body". It is pronounced as uno-chair.
Example
I will not allow you to marry my daughter. Unotshe!
A stokvel is a savings pool where a group of individuals contribute an agreed-upon monthly amount. The group have full control of how they would like to use that money. Two common methods are to pay out monthly or annually. The group can make monthly pay-outs, or they could keep investing their savings and get a lump sum at the end of the year.
Example
I have joined a stockvel with the members of my community where we get monthly payouts.
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