Word of the Day [07 Jul 2026]
Thungisani
Get a seamstress or a taylor to make you an outfit, because my relationship is getting serious and I may be getting married soon.
Thungisani it's looks like things are looking good.
Tsotsi Taal
The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.
Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.
Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.
Financially deceased
When you are so broke, you literally have nothing left under your name.
1. I've been living on pap and atchaar because I'm financially deceased.
2. I can't pay you this week, I am financially deceased.
Tanzanian Shilling
Currency of Tanzania (TZS) issued by the Bank of Tanzania. 1 Shilling = 100 senti.
Features Swahili text and images of Julius Nyerere.
Sbwl
Sbwl is an acronym, and slang for the Xhosa language, which originated from the South African word “ sabaweli”; the meaning of the word was, “ crave, desire, yearn or to want something”.
On social media; is meant to have been created by “gay Xhosa men “ to hide their desire for a woman's man on social media.
1. Sbwl a good man.
2. Sbwl a man with a lot of money
Johannesburg
South Africa's financial capital, born from gold mining and now a multicultural metropolis.
Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum documents the struggle against racial segregation.