A landlocked West African country with a strong agricultural base, known for its cultural festivals and gold production.
Example
Burkina Faso hosts the famous FESPACO pan-African film festival every two years.
A rather mysterious, if not mythical, forefather who invented circumcision as a means of passage into manhood for amaXhosa.
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Sibulela uSomagwaza.
We thank Somagwaza.
Material Don Dada was a Skhothane that was once the coolest kid in Mzansi, a title now owned by Uncle Vinny.
How South Africans say “traffic lights” because “traffic lights” is too long and doesn’t sound futuristic enough.
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No one:
Passenger in a taxi: After robot, driver.
Is a term used in South Africa to refer to a situation where two people who are not married are living together.
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Those ones will never get married. They've been doing vat n sit for more than 5 years.
It is not Xhosa but Zulu phrase meaning to disapprove an act. It goes together with phrases like, kahle no, musa bo, woza bo, mana no, etc
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Hhayi bo wnzani?
The Northern Cape is South Africa's largest province, with desert landscapes, wildlife and gemstones.
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I have never been to the Northern Cape.
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