Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. It is the oldest and second largest city in South Africa, after Johannesburg.
Example
I can't wait to go to Cape Town this summer.
Ityhagi is a derogatory term used to refer to a boy. Like an uncircumcised boy.
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I will not take directions from ityhagi.
A term Xhosa people use to refer to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. They call it lepopotane in SePitori.
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Yho mntase I saw his tilili hidden in the spare wheel of his car. Caba he didn't want me to see that he uses it for his hoes.
A fictitious story or a tale. Like those tales you'd hear about from parents/teachers/friends or read when you were younger.
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"A man and his daughter were walking in the forest..."
Welele... inganekwane!
In South Africa, Model C was the semi-private schools back in the day which were initially only allowing whites.
Example
He speaks that Model C English.
21:01 is a term that is used to refer to an after 9 - a secretly gay person.
Example
I have so many stories about the 21:01 gang.
Freaky Friday is a day that everyone is allowed to be as freaky as they want, from being a slut to being as creepy. it is celebrated every Friday with the hastag #FreakyFriday
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free pass to being Freaky
A Zulu term for an assassin or hitman (a person hired to kill another person or a group of people), very popular in the KwaZulu Natal province.
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They hired inkabi to kill him but he survived.
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