University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Students who go here think they breathe flavoured air and will make sure you know it.
Example
No one:
Wits student: Wits is better than UCT but this is a conversation y'all are not ready for.
To flee, run away, or emigrate abroad. From Yoruba "ja pa" (to run).
Example
Many youth wan japa go abroad.
Letleke refers to a nice, good looking girl
Example
Eh jioh die blah o tshwere letleke leleng ale kgonagale
This is the Orlando Pirates football club from Soweto, South Africa. A person who is a fan of Pirates can also be referred to as Bhakaniya.
Example
Bhakaniya has not won the league in a while now.
Mkhuluwa is a Xhosa term for older brother. It can also be used as a respectful way of addressing an older man.
Example
Let’s go out, mkhuluwa.
Isgaxa or isigaxa means Big news, like WOW, like Yhoo, like I don't believe it.
Example
Everyday is a new sgaxa, I've run out of haibos.
Example
I hate travelling to Germiston in the morning. The traffic is crazy.
A small island nation in the Gulf of Guinea with Portuguese heritage and cocoa production.
Example
São Tomé and PrÃncipe is Africa's second smallest country by population.
A quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with combinations of atchar, polony (Bologna), Russian sausages, slap chips, cheese, eggs, chilli sauce and more. A street food / kasi variant of the more suburban bunny chow.
Example
I'm definitely getting myself a kota the next time I visit Gomora.
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