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Sick leave

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Siekteverlof (Sick leave)

"Taking sick leave tomorrow (Taking sick day tomorrow)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Sick leave 🇧🇼 Botswana

Sick leave (Medical leave)

"Ke mo sick leave (I'm on sick leave)"
Sick leave 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Konze malad (Sick leave)

"Li lor sick leave (He's on sick leave)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

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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🌍 "Sick leave" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Sick leave 🇧🇼 Botswana

Sick leave (Medical leave)
Sick leave 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Konze malad (Sick leave)
Sick leave 🇬🇭 Ghana

Health absence/Medical break (Illness leave)
Sick leave 🇰🇪 Kenya

Likizo ya ugonjwa (Sick leave)
Sick leave 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Ikiruhuko cy'uburwayi (Illness vacation)

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