A Vakamorah is a person who left his Kasi - his village, his roots, his dust, his people in Kameelrivier B, Siyabuswa - and went to grind in the big cities of South Africa: Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town.
He left with a promise that he will come back to build. His Kasi prayed for him, his mother blessed him, his friends gave him farewell.
But after he found his feet in the city, after he got a job, a room, a car, a new life - he never came back home to build. He never laid a brick. He never fixed the gate. He never invested back. He never poured back into the soil that raised him. He grinds for the city, but not for his Kasi.
He left with a promise that he will come back to build. His Kasi prayed for him, his mother blessed him, his friends gave him farewell.
But after he found his feet in the city, after he got a job, a room, a car, a new life - he never came back home to build. He never laid a brick. He never fixed the gate. He never invested back. He never poured back into the soil that raised him. He grinds for the city, but not for his Kasi.
Example
- "My cousin is a Vakamorah - 8 years in Pretoria grinding but no brick at home in B."
- "We don't need Vakamorahs, we need builders who come back."
- "He left Kameelrivier B to grind in Jozi but never came back home to build."
CULTURAL NOTE:
Common phenomenon in South African Kasi life. This word was created to name that pain and to remind the youth: Leave to grind, but come back to build
Vammorah is the hard life. The season before softness. It is the dust on your shoes from walking far with no taxi money, the nights with no sleep because you are hustling, the pain that teaches you. Vammorah is not a curse - it is the training ground. You cannot appreciate LivaMora if you never lived Vammorah. Every real 707 child knows Vammorah first, then LivaMora comes later. Vammorah is struggle money, pain money, but honest money.
Eng: The foot is the terminal part of the leg that supports body weight and enables movement.
Afr: Die voet is die einddeel van die been wat die liggaamsgewig dra en beweging moontlik maak.
Afr: Die voet is die einddeel van die been wat die liggaamsgewig dra en beweging moontlik maak.
Example
Eng: Your foot can make you the first step to victory!
Afr: Jou voet kan die eerste stap na oorwinning vir jou wees!
Pronunciation
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Example
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Example
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Example
MacG is Venda, by the way.
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Example
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