Jislaaik, check these lekker Afrikaans words foreigners should know…

Thanks to SAFFA’s (South Africans abroad), there are a lot of Pommies, Greeks, Aussies and various other nationalities who know what “jislaaik” and a ‘braai‘ or “boerewors” and “biltong” is …but when they visit our shores they don’t know the more important words…like babelaas, bakkie and tekkies!

And so they travel around South Africa in a dwaal,  unaware that when you told them to turn left at the robot you meant traffic light. So they pitch up verrrry late and you want to give them a moerseklap. But wag ‘n bietjie and show them this brilliant graphic from Traveller24 with, as they say, “some of the Afrikaansist Afrikaans words out there, to sink your teeth into.”

24 Afrikaans Words Demystified… according to Traveller24, some might disagree…

South Africa is full of interesting people and places. But as with any tourist visiting a foreign plac

Petition to Make The Cape a Federal Homeland State for Afrikaans Khoi-San, Coloured and European people

Please sign and share this petition to Make The Cape a Federal Homeland State for Afrikaans Khoi-San, Coloured and European people in Southern Africa to protect them and their unique heritage.

The Cape has a long history which sets it apart from South Africa. It is the traditional homeland for Khoi-San bushman people, the Cape Coloureds and Malays, the Afrikaner Dutch and Germans, as well as Huguenots from France and Settlers from Britain etc, etc.

Ever since the arrival of the Europeans in 1652 it has grown and developed into a unique nation with its own language (Afrikaans), vibrant cultures and traditions and even gave birth to a new ethnic identity, the “coloured or brown people”. It also has a robust economy, the proceeds of which all go to the centrist ANC regime in Johannesburg with very little coming back because the Cape is not in the power of the communist ANC. (The opposition DA party are in power – sadly the DA also have centrist national ambitions so