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Side hustle

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Side hustle definition 1

Ekstra werk (Extra work)

"Everyone needs a side hustle (Everyone needs extra income)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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April 2026

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side hustle 🇦🇴 Angola

Trabalho extra (Extra work)

"Tem vários side hustles (Has various side hustles)"
Side hustle 🇺🇬 Uganda

Side hustle (Extra work)

"Side hustle ya weekend (Weekend side hustle)"

🇿🇦 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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🌍 "Side hustle" Across Africa

This word is also used in 12 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

side hustle 🇦🇴 Angola

Trabalho extra (Extra work)
Side hustle 🇺🇬 Uganda

Side hustle (Extra work)
Side hustle 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Shogol idafi (Extra work)
Side hustle 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Activité secondaire (Side hustle)
Side hustle 🇪🇷 Eritrea

ሳይድ ሃስል - ተወሳኺ ስራሕ (Side hustle - Extra work)
Side hustle 🇲🇷 Mauritania

عمل جانبي (Side hustle)
Side hustle 🇱🇾 Libya

سايد هاصل (Side hustle)
Side hustle 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Trabalho extra (Extra work)
Side hustle 🇳🇦 Namibia

Iinima yokwedha imaliwa (Extra income activity)
Side hustle 🇬🇲 Gambia

Am naa side hustle (I have a side hustle)
Side hustle 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Extra job for more money (Extra job for more income)
Side hustle 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Akazi k'inyongera (Extra job)

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