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.
Boda bodas are bikes used as public transport in East Africa.
Example
I got a boda boda to Ntinda
Amabhokobhoko is the name used to refer to the South African men's rugby team (Springboks).
Example
I won't be available this weekend, I will be watching Amabhokobhoko.
Example
As soon as he gets paid, his money goes to iskopari.
Injibhabha is a Xhosa term that is mostly used by women to refer to loss of hair (in women) on the side of the hair. Or just woman becoming bald.
Example
Yho seyonjibhabha kusisi wakho
A Vakamorah is a person who left his Kasi - his village, his roots, his dust, his people in Kameelrivier B, Siyabuswa - and went to grind in the big cities of South Africa: Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town.
He left with a promise that he will come back to build. His Kasi prayed for him, his mother blessed him, his friends gave him farewell.
But after he found his feet in the city, after he got a job, a room, a car, a new life - he never came back home to build. He never laid a brick. He never fixed the gate. He never invested back. He never poured back into the soil that raised him. He grinds for the city, but not for his Kasi.
He left with a promise that he will come back to build. His Kasi prayed for him, his mother blessed him, his friends gave him farewell.
But after he found his feet in the city, after he got a job, a room, a car, a new life - he never came back home to build. He never laid a brick. He never fixed the gate. He never invested back. He never poured back into the soil that raised him. He grinds for the city, but not for his Kasi.
Example
- "My cousin is a Vakamorah - 8 years in Pretoria grinding but no brick at home in B."
- "We don't need Vakamorahs, we need builders who come back."
- "He left Kameelrivier B to grind in Jozi but never came back home to build."
CULTURAL NOTE:
Common phenomenon in South African Kasi life. This word was created to name that pain and to remind the youth: Leave to grind, but come back to build
Skamelian Man is the Person who is basen in KameelriveirB
Example
There at the shop I met with Skamelian Man, and We had great moments
Pronunciation
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