Word of the Day [04 Jul 2026]

Kenya

An East African hub for technology and tourism, famous for wildlife, Nairobi, and marathon runners.


Kenya's Maasai Mara hosts the annual wildebeest migration.

Sbhanxa

Sbhanxa or sibhanxa is a Xhosa term for an idiot or a fool.


Yeer usisbhanxa ke khona wena ufunda lewey lol

Tsotsi Taal

The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.

Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.


Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.


Madibas

A term used in South Africa to refer to money. Madiba is Nelson Mandela's clan name and his face is on the South African bank notes, hence the term.


I can’t come if there’s no Madibas.

Nnyo

Nnyo is a Sotho term that means cunt or pussy.


Ke nyaka nnyo today.


Sgela

The word referring any form of educational institution, from pre-school all the way to University.


Did you go to Sgela? Did you go to School?

Gauteng

Gauteng is the smallest yet richest province in South Africa. That is where you will find Johannesburg and Pitori


I was born and raised in the Gauteng Province.


Congolese Franc

Currency of DR Congo (CDF) issued by the Central Bank of the Congo.


The franc was reintroduced in 1997 to replace the new zaire.

Salvation

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.


Salvation is the future of HipHop music


Makarapa

A plastic miner’s helmet cut, moulded and painted to make headgear worn by fans at football matches.


I used to wear makarapa when I went to watch the game.

AGBARHA OTOR

Let us loss all of them


Agbarha ye vwiyo otor




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