Azanka is a sePitori term for βI have neverβ.
Example
Azanka ka bona ntho e so.
I have never seen something like this.
Celebrated every year on the 27th of March. The anniversary of the South African Covid-19 lockdown that was supposed to last only 21 days.
Example
Happy lockdowniversary to everyone who is celebrating.
Umgxobhozo yindawo echifichifi ngenxa yodaka namanzi, emva kokuba kunethe imvula ngamandla.
In English umgxobhozo is a swamp.
In English umgxobhozo is a swamp.
Example
Ngenxa yokuqhuba amatakane, uyise kaThando uthe dyumpu emgxobhozweni.
North West is an inland South African province that borders Botswana. Its landscape is defined by mountains in the northeast and bushveld scattered with trees and shrubs.
Example
I can't wait to go to North West and see Sun City.
A quasi-military dance-step characterized by high-stepping movements, performed either on the spot or while moving slowly forwards, usually by participants in protest gatherings or marches, and accompanied by chanting, singing, and the shouting of slogans
Example
They were toyi-toying for the lack of service delivery in their community and apparently the money was misused by a local tenderpreneur
In soccer, to park the bus means to play very defensively, to get a lot of players behind the ball. Imagine a bus parked in front of the goal. It is almost impossible to score.
Example
Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way
Injibhabha is a Xhosa term that is mostly used by women to refer to loss of hair (in women) on the side of the hair. Or just woman becoming bald.
Example
Yho seyonjibhabha kusisi wakho
Inkunkqa is a Xhosa term for that dirty white thing inside an uncircumcised penis.
Example
Go bath, ude wanayo ne nkunkqa.
Slippers or flip-flops (from a coastal town name).
Example
Wear your charlie wote make we go beach.
Bhisho is an unknown ghost town that happens to be the Capital of the Eastern Cape province for some reason.
Example
You would have to pay me to stay in Bhisho.
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