Word of the Day [14 May 2026]
Plumber
In South African football, the term "plumber" is a derogatory slang used to describe a coach, often a foreign one, perceived as underperforming or lacking the intellectual or tactical acumen to succeed in the sport. It implies a coach is more suited to a trade like plumbing than managing a football team.
I see Orlando Pirates just hired a plumber to replace Riveiro.
eMonti
eMonti is the Xhosa name for East London, a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa.
Masambe siye eMonti.
Let's go to East London.
Equatorial Guinea
A small Central African country with significant oil wealth and Spanish colonial heritage.
Equatorial Guinea is Africa's only Spanish-speaking sovereign nation.
K1
K1 is the slang term for the township Katlehong, Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
"I'm K1 'til they put my name on the tomb" - Kwesta on Mmino
Kganthe why?
It's a combination of two words, Sepedi and English, by Mogau Samson Leagathoko Malepe asking someone to rephrase their statement, or tell, "I don't vibe with you" or "I don't follow".
"Bra, I've been looking for you all-over, where did you dissappear to?"
MSL Malepe: "Kganthe why?(with an annoyed lookalike face)"
Kwerekwere
A derogatory term for foreigners in South African slang, particularly foreigners from African countries.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.
Stop calling foreign people kwerekwere!
Rhem
irhem is a colloquial Xhosa term mostly used by ama dyan from East London (eMonti) to refer to sex or a vagina.
Bendisitya irhem izolo.
Rra madumbu
It's a SePitori word used to refer to garbage collectors.
It's Wednesday today, bo rra madumbu ba tla.