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.
Example
Nothing will happen there, they will just take pictures and address the people. That’s lesufism for you.
A South African term that denotes that a person or thing that is authentic, real, or legitimate.
Example
Zambuk is the real makoya.
Ukutula-tula is isiBhaca word meaning to wander around.
Example
Ebetula-tula yonke indzawo.
He was wandering all over the place
An expression of surprise or shock (basically means wow), mostly used by Xhosa speaking people. It can also be spelt as Hayibo.
Example
Haibo, is this really happening?
Example
I’m beyond insane, nna Nkao Tempela (Yeah).
Papsak is the foil container that's put inside a box of wine (3L or 5L). The term can be used to
refer to to cheap or low quality wine.
refer to to cheap or low quality wine.
Example
We used to moer papsak when we were learning to drink.
This is the premium air that people from Pitori think they breathe, while the rest of the world breathes normal air.
Example
Pretorians like to think they breathe flavoured air
A scam that typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum
Example
419 fraud has increased significantly in recent years.
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