Sisekakeni
Sisekakeni is a general Xhosa phrase that means we are in trouble. It directly translates to "we are in shit" or "we are in deep shit"
Friend: The petrol prices went up again.
Me: Sisekakeni
Letsabitsa
Nothern Sotho word, popular in Limpopo use to describe a beautiful girl.
That girl is hot gents. Ke Letsabitsa.
Cupcake
The nickname for the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa.
Cupcake is opening the country again.
Apartheid
Literally means “apartness” in Afrikaans, apartheid was the policy of racial segregation implemented by the South African National Party from 1948 to 1994, resulting in the oppression and labour exploitation of South Africa’s black majority, and their systematic exclusion from the country’s mainstream economic, educational and social life.
The struggles of black people we see today is the legacy of the apartheid regime.