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.

MXhosa 24 January 2022
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?

MXhosa 02 January 2023

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?

Raj 03 September 2026
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.

Ken 20 July 2026

Another way of saying someone is a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).
Example

LeBron James is goated.

Adeola 04 August 2021
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.
Example

Girl 1: She broke up with that Xhosa guy, apparently he was trash.

Girl 2: I told her to stay away from Xhosa people. Yena aya kwini?

Sinazo 11 May 2021

Taima is a slang term for dad or father.
Example

I will be chilling with taima tomorrow.

Skhokho 09 May 2021
Kapa is the Xhosa name for Cape Town.
Example

Ndiphuma eKapa mna.

Percy 27 April 2025

A endearing term for the The best football club in Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club.
Example

Yoh MaSandawana game gang. They smoked Al Ahly 5-2 last week ko Atteridgeville!

Big Saint 17 March 2023
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.

MXhosa 13 May 2021


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