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Window on Soweto 26: The Sowetians call the SAP’s ‘amakgathas’ meaning ‘the arseholes’.at arsehole, n.
Window on Soweto 26: The Sowetians call the SAP’s ‘amakgathas’ meaning ‘the arseholes’. Window on Soweto 52: At present 80% of profits of ‘white’ liquor other than ‘Bantu’ beer sold by the board goes to the Government.at Bantu beer, n.
Window on Soweto 25: The search for the ‘illegal’ natives is carried out by the ‘blackjacks,’ the notorious municipal police. This police outfit is nicknamed ‘blackjacks’ because its members are dressed in black from head to toe.at blackjack, n.2
Window on Soweto 9: The ghetto dwellers generally refer to Dube Township as [...] the suburb of the ‘highbugs’, ‘tycoons’ and ‘socialites’.at bug, n.1
Window on Soweto 58: We heard voices screaming and we looked. There were six bully-like white fellows in the car, gesticulating with their fists.at bully, n.1
Window on Soweto 25: One of the inmates will stumble around [...] in search of a matchbox to light a candle and find the ‘dompasses’ to prove to policemen they are registered workers.at dompass, n.
Window on Soweto 17: There had developed a system, dubbed ‘vat en sit’, meaning practically ‘let’s marry on our own without conforming to family tradition and the church.’.at vat en sit, n.
Window on Soweto 9: The ghetto dwellers generally refer to Dube Township as [...] the place of the ‘excuse me’s’ because the African intelligentsia reside there.at excuse-me, n.
Window on Soweto 21: My father is what I could describe as a typical schooled ‘Joburgher’ at heart.at Joburg, n.
Window on Soweto 26: When pouncing on his victim the policeman will say ‘Hy’ta, pass jong’ – meaning ‘Hey, pass, man’.at jong, n.1
Window on Soweto 60: There was a beverage [...] which the prisoners used to call puza’mandla – drink power!at phuza, n.
Window on Soweto 14: Shebeen queens had labourers referred to as ‘izimbamgodi’ meaning ‘the hole-diggers’ by the Shantytownians [...] because they dug holes where the shebeen queens hid liquor.at shebeen queen (n.) under shebeen, n.
Window on Soweto 27: Police liquor raids are as alive as ever before because of the ‘shebeens.’ Shebeens are the homes where the Sowetonians can go buy liquor ‘on tick’ and drink ‘after hours’.at shebeen, n.
Window on Soweto 73: The shit buckets (meaning the Special Branch) banned me.at shit bucket (n.) under shit, n.
Window on Soweto 9: The ghetto dwellers generally refer to Dube Township as the home of ‘Situations’ because it is [...] the place of the ‘excuse-me’s’.at situation, n.
Window on Soweto 8: Soweto (jocularly called by its inhabitants ‘So-where-to’) is the largest single modern ghetto in Africa.at So-where-to, n.
Window on Soweto 5: The men feel the inside pocket of their jackets, just to make sure that the ‘stinker’ or pass book is safely tucked in.at stinker, n.2
Window on Soweto 27: These notorious thugs are called ‘tsotsis.’.at tsotsi, n.
Window on Soweto 7: Then there is the ‘tsotsi’ (gangster) element which picks pockets.at tsotsi, n.
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