A Skelm is a South African term for a tsotsi, rascal, thief, crook, all the baf things.
Example
Get out of here, you skelm.
Word meaning drink, any type of drink and mostly biased towards alcohol drinks.
Example
uspinza ini? What are you drinking?
The word referring any form of educational institution, from pre-school all the way to University.
Example
Did you go to Sgela? Did you go to School?
Isishumane or sishimane is a South African term used to refer to a single person who is not single by choice. It is mostly used in a mocking manner.
Example
Aisuka, that one sisishumane esikhulu.
Isgantsontso is a buff person, more like a sgora.
Example
Nonsense, utsho ngoba sisgantsontso
Stop nonsense ekasi are those walls that are built around the house (fence) mostly for security reasons cause you know how it is with crime in Mzansi.
Example
They climbed the stop nonsense and stole the dog
Salvation is a South African rapper and songwriter. He was introduced to the music industry late 2013. The artist started making wonders in a well known genre, Hip Hop as a solo artist and has then evolved from just rapping to being musical and flowing on beautiful melodies of trap-soul.
Example
Salvation is the future of HipHop music
A Sangoma is a highly respected healer among the Zulu people of South Africa who diagnoses, prescribes, and often performs the rituals to heal a person physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually.
Example
I need to go see a powerful Sangoma.
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.
Example
Haisuka ngu stokoloko lo, inja engenamazinyo.
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