A stokvel is a savings pool where a group of individuals contribute an agreed-upon monthly amount. The group have full control of how they would like to use that money. Two common methods are to pay out monthly or annually. The group can make monthly pay-outs, or they could keep investing their savings and get a lump sum at the end of the year.
Example
I have joined a stockvel with the members of my community where we get monthly payouts.
A quasi-military dance-step characterized by high-stepping movements, performed either on the spot or while moving slowly forwards, usually by participants in protest gatherings or marches, and accompanied by chanting, singing, and the shouting of slogans
Example
They were toyi-toying for the lack of service delivery in their community and apparently the money was misused by a local tenderpreneur
Isibhamu somdoko is a recent viral term that means penis or dick. Isibhamu is gun and umdoko is porridge, so the whole term translates to porridge gun 🍆💦
Example
Ngimshaye ngesibhamu somdoko.
Masandawana is a nickname for South African soccer team Mamelodi Sundowns.
Example
I'm a loyal supporter of masandawana.
Amazaza is a South African slang term for Sunglasses.
Example
Why are you wearing amazaza at night?
1. Something that is blessed, rich and peaceful all at the same time. Not loud money, not stressful money, but soft, quiet, rich energy that brings peace to the owner and to everyone around it.
2. A lifestyle, place, object, or vibe that carries Livamora. If it is livamoric, it looks rich, feels blessed, and gives you peace when you see it or touch it. From expensive but simple clothes, to a clean yard in Kameelrivier B, to a person who smiles even when they have money.
3. In Skamelian culture: The highest level of blessing. When something is livamoric, it means God has touched it with wealth AND with rest. Money without noise.
2. A lifestyle, place, object, or vibe that carries Livamora. If it is livamoric, it looks rich, feels blessed, and gives you peace when you see it or touch it. From expensive but simple clothes, to a clean yard in Kameelrivier B, to a person who smiles even when they have money.
3. In Skamelian culture: The highest level of blessing. When something is livamoric, it means God has touched it with wealth AND with rest. Money without noise.
Example
- "His new house is livamoric - not big but full of peace and wealth."
- "She has a livamoric soul, even her laugh sounds rich and blessed."
- "I don't want fast life, I want livamoric life from 0477."
- "Those shoes are livamoric, simple but you can see they are blessed."
Mampara week is the week before payday, where everyone just doesn’t have money.
Example
Friend: Let’s go out.
Me: I can’t, you know it’s Mampara Week.
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