Is a language created by dutch people, although in dutch translates to african it is not of that origin.
Example

I just learned to speak afrikaans.

Mike 08 June 2022
Sisekakeni is a general Xhosa phrase that means we are in trouble. It directly translates to "we are in shit" or "we are in deep shit"
Example

Friend: The petrol prices went up again.

Me: Sisekakeni

MXhosa 02 June 2022

Jiki jiki means all of a sudden or suddenly.
Example

When we were growing you were dark, jiki jiki you are a yellow bone.

Skhokho 26 May 2022
A Facebook Celebrity!

A feleb is a person who is famous on Facebook but not really famous in real life.
Example

That one is only a feleb, nothing much.

Skhokho 20 May 2022

Igoni is a kasi slang term for a knife.
Example

The guys who robbed me was carrying igoni

DRex 19 May 2022
Tsotsi language. Generally means a mistake or nonsense. Can be pronounced as "flop" or "flopo"
Example

Eish ke editse flopo


I made a mistake

Olebogeng 17 May 2022

Intshebe is a Nguni term for beard.
Example

Intshebe yam iyakhula.

My beard is growing.

MXhosa 15 May 2022

NMU

NMU (formerly known as NMMU) is Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. It is the University you go to when you get rejected at Rhodes.
Example

What does a Rhodes student and an NMU student have in common?

They both applied at Rhodes!

Varsity Dude 10 May 2022

Johannesburg also known informally as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm
Example

My friends from Johannesburg don't know anything about struggle.

MXhosa 10 May 2022
South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent.
Example

I was born and bred in South Africa.

MXhosa 10 May 2022


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