In South Africa, a tenderpreneur is a person in government or the private sector who obtains private or government tenders and contracts to facilitate outsourced services. You see them by their huge mkhaba, flashy cars and expensive clothes and alcohol.
It is an urban South African youth language, also known as tsotsi taal or township talk, that mixes words from languages like Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Afrikaans, and English.
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They mostly speak Scamto to each other.
Ukufemba is a spiritual healing /energy healing where an inyanga removes bad spirits in one's body or foreign objects in the yard or car. It's an African exorcism (ukukhipha imimoya emibi).
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I need to try ukufemba.
A stable West African democracy known for gold, cocoa, and as a center of pan-African culture.
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Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule.
A person with a heart made out of ice, with rotten intentions.
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Umfana doesn’t deserve anything in this world.
Refers to being good, okay or doing well/fine.
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- How are you? Are you okay?
- Ngimnandi
A person, usually a blesser or sugar mama who just swipes his/her card without any hesitation.
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We are out of beer... mswapheni
We are out of meat... mswapheni
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