Mbhaqanga

Mbhaqanga is the Xhosa version of Maskandi music.


My dad is always listening to Mbhaqanga.



Vosho

A South African dance where the person squats and kicks at the same time. It is one of the most popular dances in South Africa.


Look at how she does the vosho. You can see that she is a regular at groove.



Thuso Phala

Thuso Phala is a popular dance move that was first started by the South African soccer player named Thuso Phala.


I'm learning the Thuso Phala dance.



Gombo

The indigenous name for the City of East London meaning the new farming area or new development. The name was given by the precolonial Xhosas to the City following its establishment after the Sixth Frontier War. Today it is mistakenly pronounced Gompo
owing to the Christianization of the Xhosa language by early African converts writers who owing to growing up in mission station could not comprehend Xhosa properly and had a habit of changing the spelling of Xhosa words they did not understand.


Going to East London?
I’m going to Gombo



Apartheid

Literally means “apartness” in Afrikaans, apartheid was the policy of racial segregation implemented by the South African National Party from 1948 to 1994, resulting in the oppression and labour exploitation of South Africa’s black majority, and their systematic exclusion from the country’s mainstream economic, educational and social life.


The struggles of black people we see today is the legacy of the apartheid regime.



Cape Town

South Africa's scenic coastal city beneath Table Mountain.


Cape Town's Robben Island held Nelson Mandela for 18 years.



SeSotho

Sesotho is the South Sotho language of the Basotho people, an official language in Lesotho and South Africa.


I speak SeSotho at home.



Gborku

Plenty; surplus; many


I get et gborkuWe have ri to our house gborku



Swazi

Weed from Swaziland that is very potent.


Come let's smoke, I've got some swazi here.



Plumber

In South African football, the term "plumber" is a derogatory slang used to describe a coach, often a foreign one, perceived as underperforming or lacking the intellectual or tactical acumen to succeed in the sport. It implies a coach is more suited to a trade like plumbing than managing a football team.


I see Orlando Pirates just hired a plumber to replace Riveiro.




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