Benoni

Benoni is a town in Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. It is notorious for hijacking.

I am never going to Benoni again after what I saw today.

Rwanda

An East African country known for recovery from genocide, clean cities, and mountain gorillas.

Rwanda's capital Kigali is celebrated for its cleanliness and order.

Eswatini

A small Southern African kingdom known for traditional culture, HIV challenges, and sugar exports.

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is one of Africa's last absolute monarchies.

Ngwije

A Kinyarwanda hybrid term used to refer to a person who is dumb af and does some really dum shit.

- We NGWIJE!
- Cyaze uri ngwije.
- Nelson ni yo ngwije ya mbere nabonye ndaq.
- Kenny Sol yarameze nka ngwije ari gupresenta.

Kale Bwangu

A phrase used to describe something that is very old or "old school." It's often used humorously to tease someone for wearing outdated clothes or having an old phone.

Look at that old phone. That's so kale bwangu!

Côte d'Ivoire

A West African economic powerhouse known for cocoa production, French influence, and political recovery.

Côte d'Ivoire is the world's largest producer of cocoa beans.

Umgowo

A Xhosa term used to tell someone that you are going through the most.

Variations: mgowo, gowa, gowisha, gowishing.

I'm so broke, ngumgowo nje wodwa mntase.

Bathong

Word used to express disbelief, surprise, dissatisfaction.

Bathong, that's so crazy.

Burundi

A small East African nation with hilly terrain, known for coffee production and recent political challenges.

Lake Tanganyika forms Burundi's southwestern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Covivi

Another term that refers to Covid / Coronavirus.
Also see Coco

The third wave of covivi is looming.