Bhakaniya

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.


Bhakaniya has not won the league in a while now.

Phuza face

It's the face of a person who has been drinking for a long time / a drunkard. That face that looks like leather.


This person is old, can't you see that phuza face?

Luxor

Open-air museum of ancient temples and tombs on the Nile River.


Luxor's Karnak Temple complex covers over 200 acres.

Apartheid

Literally means “apartness” in Afrikaans, apartheid was the policy of racial segregation implemented by the South African National Party from 1948 to 1994, resulting in the oppression and labour exploitation of South Africa’s black majority, and their systematic exclusion from the country’s mainstream economic, educational and social life.


The struggles of black people we see today is the legacy of the apartheid regime.

Sekisi

A very weird way of spelling Sex. These people do it on social media.


I thought they broke up a long time ago only to find out they still have sekisi everyday.

Covidpreneur

Covidpreneurs are those dodgy tenderpreneurs who loot the government money intended for Covid-19 tenders. They register dodgy businesses and win tenders but they either not deliver at all or they deliver below par results.


Deals that are believed to be worth more than R2.2bn, involving emergency purchases of personal protective equipment (PPE) are being said to be chowed by Covidpreneurs.

Jollofina

Jollofina is a name given to South African women who are dating Nigerian men.


She has all this money because she's dating Jollof boys. She's a Jollofina.

Family Bars

Family bars are what the skrr skrr generation calls clan names (izithakazelo).


Man, I wish I knew how to recite my Family Bars.

Nyaope boy

This is a term used to refer to someone who smokes nyaope.


These nyaope boys would kill you for R5.

Mjolo

Mjolo basically means dating. It's derived from ukujola which means to date. Therefore mjolo is the act of dating (ukujola).

Other people may spell it as mojolo


Mjolo will nyisa you. 


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