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South Africa Literature and Language
South African history stretches back to the Khoisan tribes. Europeans, Indians, and Chinese later arrived in the country. White South Africans are of European descent, while modern-day South Africans are a mixture of nationalities.
553 Questions
What is the Zulu translation of the chocolate in a mug recipe?
Vetkoek Recipe
Vetkoek(Zulu=Amagwinya) is a traditional pastry both in Afrikaans and Zulu culture that's usually served hot with savoury mince but is just as nice with butter and smooth apricot jam or syrup or fig preserve or honey or cheese or thinly slicedbiltong.
Bake Time: 6 min per batch | Makes: 8-10
Ingredients
§ 250 ml cake flour
§ 5 ml baking powder
§ 2 ml salt
§ 1 egg
§ 125 ml milk
§ 125 ml oil for frying
Method
Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. In a separate bowl, beat egg lightly. Add to flour mixture, then add milk and mix batter until smooth. Heat oil in a frying pan and drop tablespoonfuls of batter into oil. Fry for 2 to 3 minutes on one side, then turn and fry for 1 minute on other side. Serve hot.
What are the six Lalela Zulu songs by Lewis Nkosi and Stanley Glasser?
Lalela Zulu are six songs in Zulu sung by the King's Singers on one of their albums. The texts are from Lewis Nkosi and they are arranged by Stanley Glasser, but not printed yet (as I know).
What is 'here are the shoes in setswana'?
You say, "Ditlhako ke tse."
This sentence can be used if you present the shoes to someone or if you show someone the shoes he/she has been looking for.
What does the Zulu word Jantoni mean in English?
The Zulu language (isiZulu) has no such word and the element "-toni" does not occur anywhere in the language - it is always "-doni" in native words. The element "Jan-" only occurs in the adopted word uJanuwali, taken from English January.
Jantoni is more likely to be an adaptation of an English name (perhaps Anthony?).
What is a Honey Badger in Zulu?
The South Africans have a saying, "so taai soos a ratel," meaning, "as tough as a Honey Badger."
Employment equity is ensuring that employees are hired, fired, and treated fairly regardless of their race, gender, sexuality, or other factors that might lead to discrimination. Many places have employment equity laws in place to ensure fair treatment.
What is the significance of 'Rumba makela' in the film 'In America'?
In African language, rumba makela means Happy Halloween
What is zulus and bentu people?
Bantu? They are tribes of (I believe east-ish, and south) Africa. The Zulus are famous for the Anglo-zulu war where they fought the british in south Africa. The two most important event in this war was the battle or rorke's drift (very interesting to read about) The capture of a young Winston Churchill happened in the Boer wars. Churchill was driving a supply train that was ambushed and he dragged multiple wounded companions to safety. Ironically, both Churchill and the soldier who captured him would lead their respective country's and become friends. The Bantu are a people who are not one individual tribe, but a collection of them. Saying Bantu people is like saying "plains Nations" or "Iroquois". The Swahili trade language is derived partially from the over 200 dialects of the bantu language
What is the English translation for the Zulu word ingoma?
In Zulu, ingoma literally means "song" and is associated with different forms of traditional male group dances.
What is the Zulu word for object?
object is: into
the emphasis is on the last syllable, the "o" which is a long o as in the o in or
Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday" the last day of feasting before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
In the UK we call this day Shrove Tuesday. (Shrove comes from to shrive, an old word for Confession). It is also called 'Pancake Tuesday'.
What poetic devices are used in the poem 'the Zulu girl'?
Simile is used in the poem "The Zulu Girl" by Roy Cambell, in line 10 "Tugs like a puppy." Her body is also compared to a hill- once again an example of simile. Also personification is used as the last two lines give human qualities to the clouds-as we all know clouds do not really have breasts.
See related links. According to this website it is a catagory 4 difficult language and will take about 44 weeks to learn for the typical english speaking person.
What culture does setswana have?
Commonly known as Tswana, Setswana is another of South Africa's eleven official languages. Setswana speakers live in the Northern Cape but are also found in Zimbabwe and Namibia one is also able to bump into many Setswana speakers. Furthermore it's Botswana's national language.
Being a Bantu language means Setswana is related to other Sotho languages namely Southern and Northern Sotho. Because all the Sotho languages are related it can be hard to learn Tswana as it will be easy to confuse the languages with each other.
Within the Setswana community wealth is measured by the number of cattle in a person's possession. The Setswana even has its own Forbes list called the "Setswana Forbes" listing the names of wealthy individuals.
Traditional healers, or sangomas, and music play a very important part in their culture. Music consists of only string instruments and human voices.
There are many ceremonies to mark lifecycle events within Setswana culture. Funerals have become the most elaborate life-cycle rituals conducted shortly after death and have become one of the main venues for the expression of cultural, time, and resource commitment. Initiations into adulthood used to be elaborate ceremonies lasting a few months, in which girls and boys were taken separately to the bush during winter.
What is the name of school formerly John Orr Technical High School in Johannesburg South Africa?
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1 what is absa branch code 2 are all the absa branch in south Africa have the same code?
All branches of ABSA bank have the same branch code. It is 632005.
