São Tomé and Príncipe

A small island nation in the Gulf of Guinea with Portuguese heritage and cocoa production.


São Tomé and Príncipe is Africa's second smallest country by population.



Bedfordview

Bedfordview is an affluent suburb in western Ekurhuleni, sharing an administrative boundary with the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Bedfordview has been part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since 2000.


We are going to Eastgate mall in Bedfordview.



Nkunzi

Nkunzi is a Xhosa term for a male animal. It is also often used to refer to a person, obviously male.


Ndifuna ukuthetha inkunzi yebhokhwe.

I want to buy a male goat.



Kari

Ikari is a kasi term for a car.


Uthenge ikari ne dlala.
He bought a car and a house.



Tight Nyansh

Conservative, miserly, cheap or
Extreemly stingy.


He eats once a day to save money." He wan do tight- yansh".



Mavuso

The money given to a woman after spending the night with her.


She left with a random guy yesterday guy and got mavuso in the morning.



Marete

A baSotho/Tswana term for Balls (As in testicles, not a soccer ball).


O boa marete saan



Covivi

Another term that refers to Covid / Coronavirus.
Also see Coco


The third wave of covivi is looming.



Sikiphiko

To ukusikiphiko is when you are in the front seat of a car and have your elbow outside of the window.


Did you see him in his friend's car, ebesikiphiko and pretending not to see us.



Tman or kingsley

A person that robs other people cash.


I will never make an equal share i will tman or kingsley anyone because i have a family to feed.




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