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Cattah

A rolled piece of cloth used to balance a load carried on the head

You boh, an get cattah to tow anybody load

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Intsomi

Intsomi is a Xhosa term for a tale. Those stories our grandparents used to tell us when we were young.

Hayi yintsomi, Hayi yi film.

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Sondela

Sondela is a Xhosa term that means come closer.

Sondela, sthandwa, sondela.

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Luxor

Open-air museum of ancient temples and tombs on the Nile River.

Luxor's Karnak Temple complex covers over 200 acres.

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Mzansi

The colloquial term used by us South Africans to refer to our country. It is the Zulu word for the "South" part in South Africa. The full word is Mzansi Africa.

People of Mzansi will support their own.

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Haganapayi

Haganapayi or haganapie is a Xhosa slang word that means empty head or idiot.

Don’t tell me about that haganapayi, azithi dadobawo pha.

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Bedfordview

Bedfordview is an affluent suburb in western Ekurhuleni, sharing an administrative boundary with the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Bedfordview has been part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since 2000.

We are going to Eastgate mall in Bedfordview.

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4-5

A South African slang term for penis

He pulled out his 4-5 out of the blue.

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Coconut

Used as a racist remark towards black people who behave like Caucasians (White people).  Derived from the coconut fruit - "brown on the outside, white on the inside".

What were you expecting from this one? He is a coconut anyways. 

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Mkhwetha

Umkhwetha (plural: abakhwetha) is an initiate (a boy going through the circumcisions/initiation period) in Xhosa.

Umkhwetha has to eat food without salt for the first few days

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