Egypt's Mediterranean jewel with Greco-Roman history and modern library.
Example

Alexandria's Corniche stretches 20km along the seafront.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025
Indian Ocean port city with Portuguese colonial heritage.
Example

Beira's Macuti Lighthouse offers panoramic views of the coastline.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

The Kasi term for a whore or hoe.
Example

This girl ke sfebe.

Mbali 05 March 2021
A South African Musician That wants a family that looks like Beyoncé’s & to grow old with his partner.
Example

Baby ndicela ichance ndiku bonise ngifuna umndeni wethu ufane noBeyonce. Start a generation sibe habo grams. Kido Lava On Yafinijwa

Keith 12 November 2021

South African slang word for brother, directly derived from the Afrikaans language
Example

You peep that broer over there? He makes nca music!

Big Saint 17 March 2023
What Zulu people call a cellphone that can't connect to the internet and is used strictly for calls and SMSes.
Example

Guy 1: Hey bro, why don't you video call her?
Guy 2: Eish, she uses bhopopo.

27 November 2024

A person with a heart made out of ice, with rotten intentions.
Example

Ngwanyana o wa tela.

Hlonipho 30 April 2024
The Sepitori version of Tsotsi
This means skinny guy with Nike hat, Skinny jeans and a black Allstar
Example

Sheba le pharra leli
(Look at that thug)

Thabiso Maoko 04 May 2022

Rha

Rha
Pronounced (ggggaaah); is a Khoikhoi word for “plenty” or “enough”. Used in Xhosa as a term for “That’s enough”often in anger and sometimes in disgust hence mistaken for “ew”.
Example

In Khoikhoi: There is a river in the Eastern Cape called Birha. Bi is milk, and rha is plenty. Hence “a place of milk”. Another use is in the Xhosa chief Gambushe’s nickname: Rharhabe meaning “Minister of Plenty”.
In Xhosa it varies:
In a Dismissal Manner
Someone: I’m going to out race you.
Me: Rha! That would be the day.
To stop a child who is hitting another child a parent could say “Stop it. Rha! That’s enough”
In a Disgusting Manner
When a child see poop usually they used to say “Rha! Poo”
When people hear, smells, or see a disgusting thing they can say “Rha!”
In an Elated Manner
A person recounting an exciting moment of thriumph can say “Rha! I out did myself”
Feeling pretty? “Rha! I’m beautiful”

Sgasa 21 May 2025
A South African newspaper that publishes bullshit stories that other newspapers don't want to publish.
Example

I can tell from the bullshit you are saying that you get your news from Daily Sun.

Skhokho 07 May 2021


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