1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 153: A stranger to the tsotsi’s dangerous world could save his throat if he has some knowedge of basic words and phrases: Atshitshi – marijuana.at atshitshi, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 44: He couldn’t even light a fuse there. And no booze on the premises, man.at fuse, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 124: Those Small Time Joints where they add water to the beer [...] where the so-called hash girls promise sex and plunder your wallet withour delivering.at hash girl, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 153: A stranger to the tsotsi’s dangerous world could save his throat if he has some knowedge of basic words and phrases: Kuzak – cash money.at kuzak, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 153: A stranger to the tsotsi’s dangerous world could save his throat if he has some knowedge of basic words and phrases: Magageba – money.at magageba, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 127: A stranger to the tsotsi’s dangerous world could .. save his throat if he has some knowledge of basic words and phrases ... Phata-phata – sex.at pata-pata, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 124 : Say, ‘Auntie, what about a popla?’ That means you would like a beer. Or, ‘A dop of moonshine, sister!’ [...] Or even, ‘I just want to pusa’. Meaning you want to fly high on something and you are not particular.at phuza, v.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 127: ‘Auntie Thandi,’ he grinned, ‘what about a popla?’ ‘This is a house [...] not a beer hall.’.at popla, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 121: The queens prefer to pay their house-rent six months in advance. Who needs a rent collector banging on the door when there are thirsty clients to be served?at queen, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 153: A stranger to the tsotsi’s dangerous world could save his throat if he has some knowedge of basic words and phrases: Sy line met die rawurawu – she goes out with thugs.at rawurawu, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 184: He says my mother’s parents were real Russians. That is what we call the South Sotho people, because of the way they wear their blanket.at Russian, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 130: 132: The shebeen queen, if it is a first offence, faces the court’s ultimatum: two hundred rands or two hundred days.at shebeen queen (n.) under shebeen, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 130: Forty per cent of national beer consumption is sold through shebeens […].at shebeen, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 153: A sheila is a tsotsi’s girlfriend in more ways than one. If he needs money, she will work the streets for him. In the Chicago of the speak-easy days they would have called her a gangster’s moll.at sheila, n.1
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 153: A stranger to the tsotsi’s dangerous world could save his throat if he has some knowledge of basic words and phrases: Skarapafet – a prostitute.at skarapafet, n.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 124: Those Small Time Joints where they add water to the beer [...] where the so-called hash girls promise sex and plunder your wallet without delivering.at small-time joint (n.) under small-time, adj.
1977 P.C. Venter Soweto 81: Clinging to the side of a fast train is dangerous — but not dangerous enough for some of the ‘staff riders’. There are those who prefer to travel on the roof of a train ... The mortality rate of so-called staff riders is high.at staffrider, n.