Venda or Tshivenda is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa and Zimbabwe. It is mainly spoken by the Venda people or Vhaven?a in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo province, as well as by some Lemba people in South Africa.
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MacG is Venda, by the way.
Stokoloko is a Xhosa informal term for a "dog without teeth". The term can be used to refer to someone who is not a threat.
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Haisuka ngu stokoloko lo, inja engenamazinyo.
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Pula means "rain" in Setswana, reflecting its value in this arid country.
Imfusi is a Xhosa term that refers to a person who is born after twins, i.e a younger brother or sister of a twin.
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He was born after twins, that’s why they named him Mfusi.
Sheleni is a slang term for R0.10 (ten cents).
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I'm so broke I don't even have isheleni under my name.
Also known as SOS - Is a South African rapper who the current king of South African rap. He released his diss track called Ninyile that was dissing the whole SA Hip Hop industry and all these cats have been awfully quiet ever since.
Ku bird is a term that means "it's bad". Like when the situation gets really really bad. People use "bird" because it sounds the same as "bad".
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I only have R3.50 in my bank account. Ku bird!
Umahlalela is a Xhosa term for an unemployed person.
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uRamaphosa uyamthanda umahlalela, uvele amnike iR350.
Ramaphosa loves the unemployed, he just gives them R350.
Zambuk Ointment is a popular ointment used for temporary relief of pain and itch. In Mzansi, it is mostly used for lips. People carry it in their pockets and bags. It is one of the most stolen items, together with pens at school.
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Can I use your zambuk.
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