An emphatic filler adding urgency or emphasis, like "please" or "just". From Yoruba.
Example
Come here jare!
To flee, run away, or emigrate abroad. From Yoruba "ja pa" (to run).
Example
Many youth wan japa go abroad.
South Africa's financial capital, born from gold mining and now a multicultural metropolis.
Example
Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum documents the struggle against racial segregation.
Jomo is a name given to a kasi kid that has a big head. They are usually very good at football (like Jomo Sono)
Example
Did you see that goal by Jomo?
Example
Iām moving to Jozi.
Jukulyn is a very dangerous area of Soshanguve, beginning at the north end of the Mabopane Highway. Ambulances, courier services, e-hailing taxis and even pizza deliveries are a no-go in Jukulyn.
Example
She wanted me to go pick her up kgante she stays in Jukulyn. I am not risking my life.
Is a name given to a child or children born from South Africa Lady who date a Nigerian guy.
Example
How are your jollofites doing?
A name given to a brave South African woman dating or sleeping with a Nigerian man mostly for money and other materialistic things.
Example
She can afford her lifestyle because she's dating jollof boys. She is a Jollofina
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