Word of the Day [31 Dec 2025]
East Rand
The East Rand is a major urban area located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It includes the towns of Bedfordview, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale, Germiston, Kempton Park, Linksfield and Modderfontein.
I grew up in the East Rand.
Flavoured air
This is the premium air that people from Pitori think they breathe, while the rest of the world breathes normal air.
Pretorians like to think they breathe flavoured air
Uncle Vinny
A skrr skrr kid who is the president of ama2000 in South Africa.
Uncle Vinny's birthday party was massive.
Matric Dance
Also known as Matric Farewell - Is when grade 12 (last year of high school) learners have one final formal function, often followed by parties, underage drinking and bad decisions. Each school usually has its own dance and pupils usually come with a date and wear expensive suits and dresses.
Americans would call it prom
I don't know who I am going to take to the Matric Dance.
MacG
MacG is a South African DJ and Podcaster who runs the biggest podcast in Africa called Podcast and Chill, alongside Sol Phenduka and a host whose name is not revealed (referred to as the "Ghost Lady").
He owns the YouTube channel, MacG that has over a million subscribers.
Did you see who MacG was interviewing today?
Skamelian dance
Skamelian dance is the dance originating from KameelrivierB which falls under Siyabuswa and was founded by MDU Aka Khathaza from KameelrivierB at Ndebele Street
Can I teach you the Skamelian dance?
Jollofina
Jollofina is a name given to South African women who are dating Nigerian men.
She has all this money because she's dating Jollof boys. She's a Jollofina.
Ekurhuleni
Ekurhuleni is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. Ekurhuleni means "place of peace" in XiTsonga.
I prefer Ekurhuleni over City of Johannesburg.
Eita
A colloquial term to greet someone, synonymous with "hello",”hi”, “hey”.
Eita my brother, dintshang?