Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. It is the oldest and second largest city in South Africa, after Johannesburg.
Example
I can't wait to go to Cape Town this summer.
A Gun Dubula is a person in Kasi who carries a gun and shoots people (trigger happy).
Example
Do you remember that Gun Dubula who jumped the school fence and shot a rival gang member who was writing exams?
An errand boy, one who does menial chores for another without pay, a follower or ‘willing slave’.
Example
Can you go to the shop for me?
You think I’m your bum-boy?
Malegeni is a slang term used in Zambia to refer to a catapult or a slingshot. It is typically a Y-shaped wooden branch with rubber bands attached, used to shoot small stones or pellets.
Example
The politician waved a malegeni during the rally to make a symbolic statement against the government.
Another way of saying someone is a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).
Example
LeBron James is goated.
A Tsonga term that means "Where was he going", mostly used on social media when someone maybe gets hurt when doing something they were not supposed to do in the first place.
A endearing term for the The best football club in Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club.
The most successful soccer team in South Africa (and most rich). It is nicknamed masandawana or kabo yellow.
Example
Mamelodi Sundowns is winning the league again this season, after snatching it from Kaizer Chiefs last season on the last game.
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