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Sadza

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 1 definition
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Zimbabwe’s staple food: a stiff maize-meal porridge. Not really “slang” (it’s the proper name), but sometimes used figuratively in expressions.

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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July 2025

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Sadza 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Chikafu chikuru (Main meal/staple food)

"Ndoda sadza (I want sadza)"
Ssaza 🇺🇬 Uganda

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Sadza 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Chikafu chikuru (Main meal/staple food)

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