Vosloorus is a large township situated south of Boksburg and just east of Katlehong in Ekurhuleni, just 30 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
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I need to visit Vosloorus very soon.
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The situation of slipping, tripping or falling down due to external pressures. These might include tertiary academics, relationships, and being broke.
The situation of slipping, tripping or falling down due to external pressures. These might include tertiary academics, relationships, and being broke.
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Brother Bernard, this will kill me a real death.
This is the premium air that people from Pitori think they breathe, while the rest of the world breathes normal air.
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Pretorians like to think they breathe flavoured air
A fictitious story or a tale. Like those tales you'd hear about from parents/teachers/friends or read when you were younger.
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"A man and his daughter were walking in the forest..."
Welele... inganekwane!
Chop bar
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A local restaurant serving traditional Ghanaian food.
In soccer, to park the bus means to play very defensively, to get a lot of players behind the ball. Imagine a bus parked in front of the goal. It is almost impossible to score.
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Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way
The act of pretending to be doing something while doing absolutely nothing. It was perfected by Panyaza Lesufi, Bheki Cele and Fikile Mbalula.
Lesufism involves; a strong PR team, looking busy, taking pictures, and garnering a huge following.
Lesufism involves; a strong PR team, looking busy, taking pictures, and garnering a huge following.
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Nothing will happen there, they will just take pictures and address the people. That’s lesufism for you.
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Msunu kanyoko to whoever is disrespecting me.
Another name for Carling Black Label. South Africa's favourite beer. Some may call it Zamalek.
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Yho the babalaas you would swear I was drinking Black Juice.
A term used in South Africa to refer to money. Madiba is Nelson Mandela's clan name and his face is on the South African bank notes, hence the term.
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I can’t come if there’s no Madibas.
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