Word of the Day [23 Feb 2026]

Kota

A quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with combinations of atchar, polony (Bologna), Russian sausages, slap chips, cheese, eggs, chilli sauce and more. A street food / kasi variant of the more suburban bunny chow.

I'm definitely getting myself a kota the next time I visit Gomora.

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Matric

The last year of high school (grade 12).

I can't wait to do my matric.

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My friend

This is a term that refers to the Somali or Pakistani shop owners in South Africa. This term started when these shop owners first arrived in South Africa and they referred to everyone as "My friend". The name was then subsequently given to them.

1. Child: Hi, my friend. How much are your sweets?
My friend: It's 2 bob for one sweet, my friend.

2. No one:
Pakistani shop owner: My friend I am not your friend, my friend.

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Gondar

Former imperial capital with medieval castles and churches.

Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Bliksem

To hit someone to a pulp.

Don't try me, I will bliksem you.

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Snxl

Derived from Xhosa term "Andisenxile" which means I am so drunk. It is mostly used by girls on social to indicate that they've had too much to drink.
Can also be spelled as senxl.

Yho snxl kamnandi mntkbw.

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Van toeka

A popular South African Slang term for 'a long time ago' or 'back in the day'

I know your dad from van toeka.

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Burundi

A small East African nation with hilly terrain, known for coffee production and recent political challenges.

Lake Tanganyika forms Burundi's southwestern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Tenderpreneur

In South Africa, a tenderpreneur is a person in government or the private sector who obtains private or government tenders and contracts to facilitate outsourced services. You see them by their huge mkhaba, flashy cars and expensive clothes and alcohol.

That mkhaba is not normal. It's definitely a mkhaba of a tenderpreneur.

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Gumba

cash, stash , dough, (relation to money in general.)

Serendipitously the word is a title of the song that shook the whole mzansi, nation as a whole, it was in every corner one would turn.

ntwana ako sike gumba dar, lend me some cash nyana.

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Tunisian Dinar

Currency of Tunisia (TND) issued by the Central Bank of Tunisia. 1 Dinar = 1000 millimes.

The dinar was introduced in 1960, replacing the franc.

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