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.
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We give God Rutendo
Itoti is a general term for a can or tin. It can be a can of beer, food or whatever, as long as it's a can you can call it itoti.
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I stopped drinking ngud, I only drink itoti now.
A landlocked Southern African country known as the 'Warm Heart of Africa', with Lake Malawi.
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Malawi relies heavily on agriculture, with tobacco as a major export crop.
Afrikaners are a South African ethnic group descended from predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th and 18th centuries
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Contrary to popular belief, Afrikaners are also Africans.
A University in Pretoria (Tshwane), South Africa. TUT is short for Tshwane University of Technology. It is known for being in the forefront of all violent strikes/protests in South Africa.
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Did you see what TUT students were doing to the cops during the protest?
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You don’t watch football? ⚽️ you might be a moffie
Podcast and Chill with MacG is a podcast owned and hosted by South African YouTuber MacG alongside Sol Phenduka and Ghost Lady. It is the biggest podcast in Africa in terms of numbers and popularity.
The podcast invites celebrities and public figures to take part in the Q&A sessions on the podcast.
The podcast invites celebrities and public figures to take part in the Q&A sessions on the podcast.
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I really enjoy watching the Podcast and Chill. You can call me a Chiller.
Kwaal is a slang term that means a problem or a conflict.
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Why does he have kwaal with him?
Music of South Africa’s urban black youth, which first emerged in the 1990s. Kwaito is a mixture of South African disco, hip hop, R&B, ragga, and a heavy dose of house music beats.
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Hip Hop has taken over now, Kwaito is no longer the same.
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