A Tender Prophet is a name given to a tenderpreneur who can prophecy that s/he will be awarded a tender before it is officially awarded. This name has been used to describe Cat Matlala who rented a clinic on South African Police Service (SAPS) property six months before he scored a tainted R360 million police health services tender.
Example
He rented the property before he was given the tender. Surely he is a prophet. He is a tender prophet.
Thobela will be "Be obedient" in IsiXhosa
Example
Thobela abase magunyeni
Be obedient to authorities
Pronunciation
by Thobela Memani
Township meaning for slang whose direct translation means 'gangster language' 'taal' being the Afrikaans word for language. A huge contribution to this type of slang stem from South African prisons.
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