Zambuk Ointment is a popular ointment used for temporary relief of pain and itch. In Mzansi, it is mostly used for lips. People carry it in their pockets and bags. It is one of the most stolen items, together with pens at school.
Example
Can I use your zambuk.
General term used by people in politics (comrades) and Tenderpreneurs to refer to each other.
Example
No one:
Comrade: Why are you being emotional, chief? Politics are not for the weak.
A revered gay celebrity (Somizi Mhlongo) in South Africa. The name has come to identify a gay person.
Example
Girl 1: Check out that fine guy in a blue shirt.
Girl 2: Don't even bother, he's a Somizi.
Khayelitsha is a township in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, on the Cape Flats. The name is Xhosa for New Home. It is reputed to be one of the largest and fastest-growing townships in South Africa.
Example
I was born and bred in Khayelitsha.
This is the job of the person taking the front sit in the taxi, i.e counting money and providing change.
Example
He was moered by taxi maths
Another name for Carling Black Label. South Africa's favourite beer. Some may call it Zamalek.
Example
Yho the babalaas you would swear I was drinking Black Juice.
Not to be confused with a town (place). To town is the act of having unprotected sex (skoon). It is generally used by Xhosa people.
Example
Ey wena the way you like to town, you will get sick.
Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa. It is known as the Alabama of South Africa, or the armpit of South Africa.
Example
If you divorce your wife in Brakpan, she remains your sister.
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