Same WhatsApp group
A phrase that is used to describe similar things, people, behaviors or situations.
ANC supporters and Bushiri supporters - Same WhatsApp group!
Ikati ilele eziko
This is a Xhosa figure of speech that describes hunger or poverty. It directly translate to "a cat is sleeping in the fire (cooking) place (or stove if you may say)". So the cat is sleeping where people are supposed to be cooking because there's no fire and no food to cook.
Grandma had to send the kids back to their mothers because ikati ilele eziko.
Ikhankatha
A Xhosa name for a traditional nurse that takes care of an initiate (umkhwetha) during initiation (circumcision).
Ikhankatha plays a major role during initiation.
Cosmetically challenged
When you are ugly as fuck.
1. He couldn't get that girl because he is cosmetically challenged.
2. She rejected him because, cosmetically, he is challenged.