Word of the Day [21 Jan 2026]
amatile-tile
Xhosa plural for stratagems. It is actually just amatile. Singular is itile. The ti is pronounced like English tea and le as in French. From the Sanskrit kutila which appear in Xhosa as ukutila.
My car broke down on the way, I had to make amatile-tile to get here.
Chief
General term used by people in politics (comrades) and Tenderpreneurs to refer to each other.
No one:
Comrade: Why are you being emotional, chief? Politics are not for the weak.
Madiba
A Xhosa clan name that was made famous by former president Nelson Mandela.
Madiba passed away in December 2013.
Arthur Zwane
A plumber who is the current coach of Kaizer Chiefs.
Don’t worry, Arthur Zwane is rebuilding.
Show me your number
Show me your number is a popular soccer/football skill in South Africa, where the player pretends to shoot the ball and the defender ducks, hence showing his/her number to the attacker.
They hit him with a “show me your number” and the crowd went crazy.
During the people
Is a general term used to refer to "around people" or ween there are people present.
Imagine, they were busy kissing during the people.