Glamour Boys is another nickname for the South African soccer team Kaizer Chiefs.
Example
The Glamour Boys will beat Masandawana.
It is a word mostly used by Afrikaans speaking people that means friend or brother, depending on the context.
Example
Listen here, boet. I will moer you.
A Xhosa term that means for nothing. Free; obtained without payment or difficulty.
Example
Buy 1 drink and get the second one simahla.
Example
Celia is a wakanda
Umkhonto is a Nguni term or word for a spear (the weapon).
Example
Ndicela undinike umkhonto wam.
Can you please give me my spear.
Isjumbane is a weapon used in prison to beat a person up. It is a snooker (pool) ball put inside a sock or a metal cup hooked in a belt.
Example
They broke his teeth when they were beating him up with a sjumbane.
Tribalism is the attitude and practice of harbouring such a strong feeling of loyalty or bonds to one's tribe that one excludes or even demonises other tribes that do not belong to that group.
Example
Tribalism is setting us back as black South Africans.
An informal convenience store, usually run from home or some corner in the neighbourhood.
Example
Go buy some bread at the spaza shop.
Illegal drinking place. In South Africa, it refers to unlicensed bars in Kasi and has become a mainstream word.
Example
I last saw him drinking Zamalek at the shebeen yesterday.
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