Western Cape

The Western Cape is one of 9 South African provinces, with coasts bordering the Indian and Atlantic oceans. It's known for the port city of Cape Town, set beneath Table Mountain, part of a national park of the same name.


I can't wait for the day I have enough money to visit Cape Town, in the Western Cape.



Sheleni

Sheleni is a slang term for R0.10 (ten cents).


I'm so broke I don't even have isheleni under my name.



Alostro

The feeling of wanting to explain something and not finding the right term to do that,


Eish "Alostro" mfowethu (unexplainable)



Wahala

Wahala is a Nigerian slang term that means trouble.


Your wife is suspecting us, I don't want wahala.



Umkhwetha

A young Xhosa man being initiated into manhood at initiation school.
Plural is abakhwetha.


He is scarce on facebook because ngumkhwetha.



IZawa

A man who has underwent initiation into manhood following the traditional teachings and cultural practices of amaHlubi.


IZawa liyahlonipha.

IZawa is a respectful person



Zol

A word that refers to Marijuana or weed


When people zol, they put saliva on the paper and then they share that zol. But also they are moving saliva



Umjolo nyised

It's a Zulu word that describes that a person is emotionally damaged.


Umjolo nyised my friend



Mazimba

Shona slang that generally refers to Zimbabweans, particularly in a playful or informal manner. It’s derived from the term “Zimbabwe,” and is often used to describe Zimbabwean people as a group.


someone might say, “Mazimba anoda kuenda kuJoni”—meaning, “Zimbabweans like going to Johannesburg” (often for work or business). The term is typically not derogatory but can carry a sense of national pride or identity in informal conversation.



Nyoso

Nyoso means Nonsense


Her: Nasty C is better than A Reece
Him: yinyoso yelo (that's nonsense)




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