Whenever President Cyril Ramaphosa sets up a time to address the country about Covid.
Example
There will be another family meeting, I hope he doesn't ban alcohol again.
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.
Example
The struggles of black people we see today is the legacy of the apartheid regime.
In Xhosa, umgqakhwe is a derogatory term used to refer to someone born out of wedlock.
Example
"Makungangeni mgqakhwe ebandleni likaYehova; nesizukulwana sawo seshumi masingangeni ebandleni likaYehova." - deuteronomy 23
"No one born of a forbidden marriage nor any of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even down to the tenth generation."
BBL is short for Brazilian Butt Lift. This is what these influencers do to make their nyash big.
Algeria's whitewashed capital with French colonial boulevards.
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Algiers' Casbah is a UNESCO-listed maze of Ottoman-era alleys.
This is a Xhosa figure of speech that describes hunger or poverty. It directly translate to "a cat is sleeping in the fire (cooking) place (or stove if you may say)". So the cat is sleeping where people are supposed to be cooking because there's no fire and no food to cook.
Example
Grandma had to send the kids back to their mothers because ikati ilele eziko.
A landlocked West African country with a rich history including Timbuktu, facing security challenges.
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Mali was home to the medieval Mali Empire, one of Africa's most powerful states.
Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.
Example
I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.
Example
I don't like squats cause I don' t wanna be a mapakisha.
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