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Ingathi azithi dadobawo pha apha kuwe wena.
A spicy relish of Indian origin, much like a mix between chutney and a pickle and usually made from green mangoes.
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I eat everything with atchar 🤞🏽
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.
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The struggles of black people we see today is the legacy of the apartheid regime.
(exclamation) – Expression of frustration, outrage, impatience or resignation.
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Ag no! I spilled coffee on my keyboard again!
South African language, developed out of the Dutch spoken in the country since the first Dutch East India Company settlement in the Cape, established in 1652. Afrikaans was considered a dialect of Dutch – known as “Cape Dutch” – until recognised as a language in the late 19th century. From the Dutch for “African”.
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They forced us to do Afrikaans in high school.
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