Mali

A landlocked West African country with a rich history including Timbuktu, facing security challenges.


Mali was home to the medieval Mali Empire, one of Africa's most powerful states.



Sgantsontso

Isgantsontso is a buff person, more like a sgora.


Nonsense, utsho ngoba sisgantsontso



AGBARHA OTOR

Let us loss all of them


Agbarha ye vwiyo otor



Tenderpreneur

In South Africa, a tenderpreneur is a person in government or the private sector who obtains private or government tenders and contracts to facilitate outsourced services. You see them by their huge mkhaba, flashy cars and expensive clothes and alcohol.


That mkhaba is not normal. It's definitely a mkhaba of a tenderpreneur.



Yizo Yizo

Yizo Yizo was a popular South African TV show in the early 2000s which showed the violence, drugs abuse and hooliganism in schools. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to watch it


Did you see what Hazel did on Yizo Yizo last night?



Skomora

Is a term that means jerking off or masturbating.


I caught my little brother eskomora.



Chineke

Chineke is the creator of the universe and everything good in it along with rain, trees, and other plants


Chineke, I can't believe I failed.



Black Juice

Another name for Carling Black Label. South Africa's favourite beer. Some may call it Zamalek.


Yho the babalaas you would swear I was drinking Black Juice.



Mntase

Short for mntasekhaya. A Xhosa term of endearment for family i.e siblings, cousins or even a dear friend.


- Yho mntase, you should have seen the way he looked at me.

- Never let men play you, mntase. Banyise bonke.



Side chick

A side chick is a girl that is being dated by a guy who is in a serious relationship with someone else (main chick).


The girl he was with is his side chick.




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