Word of the Day [04 Feb 2026]
Dagga
Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.
I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.
Nqanqatheka
Ukunqanqatheka is a Xhosa term for cigarette or tobacco cravings.
When one is craving a cigarette, we say unqanqathekile, or s/he will say ndinqanqathekile.
The way ndinqanqatheke ngayo you'd swear I didn't just smoke now.
Coloureds
Coloured, formerly Cape Coloured, a person of mixed European (“white”) and African (“black”) or Asian ancestry, as officially defined by the South African government from 1950 to 1991.
Coloureds are mostly found in Cape Town but can be found all over South Africa.
Park the bus
In soccer, to park the bus means to play very defensively, to get a lot of players behind the ball. Imagine a bus parked in front of the goal. It is almost impossible to score.
Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way
Ikhaya lokugqibela
Ikhaya lokugqibela is a term in Xhosa that means the last resting place (where a person is buried).
I'm praying for everyone who tries to steal my lover to go kwikhaya lakhe lokugqibela