Kaffir

A racial slur that was (and still) used by racist whites to refer to black people in South Africa.


She got arrested for calling black protester kaffir.



Model C

In South Africa, Model C was the semi-private schools back in the day which were initially only allowing whites.


He speaks that Model C English.



Woman on top

Is the sexual position where the woman goes on top of a man (AKA cowgirl).


A lot of women struggle with woman on top.



Sheleni

Sheleni is a slang term for R0.10 (ten cents).


I'm so broke I don't even have isheleni under my name.



O dese

In Sepitori, dese means good, beautiful... anything great. You may use it to say you are good at something or even use it to say you are beautiful.
The "O" in front stands for "You" or "You are".


O dese girl, ebele o lepyatla



S'numnum

Used to describe someone who tends to do stupid things from time to time.


Why did you do that s'numnum?



Umfana

A person with a pure soul and a golden heart ❤️


She went to umfana today, she is not coming back.



Gwababa

Fear of women, especially beautiful women.


This one can't talk to women, akere he has gwababa.



Rae Thoma Rae Fetsa

Rae Thoma Rae Fetsa is the nickname of the Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana player, Relebohile Mofokeng, also known as President yama 2000. The name means "We start it, we finish it" in SeSotho.


Rae Thoma Rae Fetsa, Rae Thoma Rae Fetsa. Wa nyisa boy.



Isidovela

I’m Xhosa, isidovela is a meal where rice is cooked with potatoes in the same pot. You mix it until it kinda looks like pap. You also have to add Spice for rice or Rajah to make it yellow.


Today I am cooking isidovela.




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