South Africa's scenic coastal city beneath Table Mountain.
Example

Cape Town's Robben Island held Nelson Mandela for 18 years.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025
Is a slang term for money.
Example

I need amachankura.

Sinazo • 10 May 2021

A word in any of the Nguni languages, a prefix for "I have"
Example

Ngine- (I have)

imali (money)

Ngine+imali = Nginemali (I have money)

S.J • 07 June 2021
Without hope
Example

The situation was looking bleak for him.

JABUMGWENA • 19 September 2026

A very dope musician under Dj Maphorisa's label. He is Maphorisa's alter ego.
Example

Madumane ke star.

Skhokho • 28 April 2021
Saluka is a Xhosa term that refers to the person you went to initiation school with.
Example

Good to see you, saluka. I last saw you after initiation school.

Masi • 11 June 2025

Afrikaans is a Low Franconian West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia.
Example

I would rather do an unprepared speech in Afrikaans that ukujola with you.

Chief • 06 April 2021

Ow

Ow is a term Xhosa girls use to refer to a boyfriend.
Example

Ngeyam i-Ow, ndingalwa ndibebomvu.

MXhosa • 26 July 2021

Nguni, cluster of related Bantu-speaking ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.

They speak Xhosa, Zulu, Swati and Ndebele.
Example

We should unite as Nguni people and stop this tribalism.

MXhosa • 07 June 2021
They will hurt you.
Example

Tlohela banyana batlao hurda!

Colani • 24 May 2021


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