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Poni

Iponi is a term they use in Gqeberha for a guy, a gent, a bro. Sort of Mjita.

Yho I haven’t seen la poni in a while.

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South Ah

Another slang term for South Africa, mostly used in Social Media.

Twitter post caption: It can only be South Ah

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Hierso

Hierso is a South African slang term that means "Here", "Right here". It is taken from the Afrikaans language.

"I'll be hierso goseng, wa nkolota" - Khuli Chana in No More Hunger

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Mkhwetha

Umkhwetha (plural: abakhwetha) is an initiate (a boy going through the circumcisions/initiation period) in Xhosa.

Umkhwetha has to eat food without salt for the first few days

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Brother Bernard

(noun)
The situation of slipping, tripping or falling down due to external pressures. These might include tertiary academics, relationships, and being broke.

Brother Bernard, this will kill me a real death.

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Ozzy Rsa

Ozzy Rsa is Olona Mnconcoshe who lives in witbank, currently learning at zacheus malaza msta

Ozzy Rsa is just a humbled boy

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O-week

AKA Orientation week or 0-week, Is the first week of University where students are supposed to be orientated but they spend it binge drinking and making bad decisions.

I will never forget how awesome O-week was this year.

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Utsiki

In Xhosa culture, Utsiki is the ritual where the bride to be (umakoti) has to eat a goat meat and drinks the sour milk of that particular family in which she is married to. It's basically the ceremony to welcome her to the family.

No one:

Xhosa girls: sbwl utsiki.

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Batlao hurda

They will hurt you.

Tlohela banyana batlao hurda!

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Comot

Comot is a Nigerian pidgin term that means 'go', 'leave', or 'get out!'

Make we comot (Let us go out)
Comot from dia ( leave)
Comot! (Get out!)

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