Word of the Day — 14 Oct 2026
Intshebe is a Nguni term for beard.
Example
Intshebe yam iyakhula.
My beard is growing.
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A small Central African country with significant oil wealth and Spanish colonial heritage.
Example
Equatorial Guinea is Africa's only Spanish-speaking sovereign nation.
The nickname for the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa.
Example
Cupcake is opening the country again.
Is a term used in South Africa to refer to a situation where two people who are not married are living together.
Example
Those ones will never get married. They've been doing vat n sit for more than 5 years.
This is an Afrikaans swear term that directly translates to “your mother’s vagina”. It’s similar to jou mase poes.
Example
Voetsek with your nonsense, Jou mase gat.
Limpopo is one of the provinces in South Africa. It was formerly called the Northern Province because it's in the northern part of South Africa.
Example
Limpopo is one of my favourite places to visit.
Losing heavily in a race, video game, or sports match.
Example
Kaizer Chiefs got smoked by Milford.
It is used to describe something that is very nice or can be used when you agree or like something
Example
This food is very nxa
Nxa I'll see you later
Tribalism is the attitude and practice of harbouring such a strong feeling of loyalty or bonds to one's tribe that one excludes or even demonises other tribes that do not belong to that group.
Example
Tribalism is setting us back as black South Africans.
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