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Salon politics

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Beauty shop drama | Skoonheid winkel drama

"The salon politics today"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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April 2026

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South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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