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Patriotic Us

Written by Xhosa Chick from the blog Patriotic Us on 25 Sep 2007
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Its feels good to be South African. Our people, languages, cultures are unique and something to be proud of. Infact, there's just something in the air that isn't like anywhere else in the world here. This is home.

We've come a long way now haven't we? Now, lets share, what defines the new South Africa? What proudly and uniquely South African images, moments, jargon, and anything you can think of really are typically "South African" for you?
Is it the sights and sound of traditional gum-boot dancers, or Stransky scoring that Drop-Goal....?
What sets us apart from the rest of the world?

Share your thoughts...

98 Comments

Toxic
25 Sep 2007 08:53

for me it's the food, think:

Cream Soda
All gold tomato sauce
Mrs Balls' chutney
Nandos
Jack's biltong

going to thing abt this....will be back!!!

Toodecent
25 Sep 2007 09:00

Nna bathong I am amzed but the beauty this country has in its women and hunks... damn mzansi has the most beautiful people.
Our music.... boys rap in zulu and call it kwaito and then aother boys rap in tswana and call it motswako...
Our celebrities, they can pull stunts a year later just to get publicity of their new albums which we wont buy. I mean they can even sue people for something that happened months ago, that even ne ba xhoma ka yona...!

Unik
25 Sep 2007 09:01

As it may sound like a Cliché - For the fact that we are one country with Eleven laungages and cultures,that on its own make us one in a million.

myname
25 Sep 2007 09:05

Thanks XC & uqgibile Unik

Xhosa Chick
25 Sep 2007 09:09

Haai bo TDC, "women AND hunks?" Nkos' yam!

Toxic
25 Sep 2007 09:09

Jack's biltong
Inkomazi

Xhosa Chick
25 Sep 2007 09:10

How do I add an image to appear on the homepage thingie, bathong?

Toxic
25 Sep 2007 09:11

champions--those liquorice sweets-are they SA?
'Lion" matches
3 legged pots--i hope they originated here

Toxic
25 Sep 2007 09:14

go to blogs, upload images, broswe and add the pic, add image to server and name it. Close the blog, the go to blogs, list articles and then click on the blurb image link and select the image you uploaded as your blurb image!

Cande
25 Sep 2007 09:22

How do I add an image to appear on the homepage thingie, bathong?
Clearly this is your first one, Finally we get to read something from you!!.

I like the fact that we have 11 official languages and up to so far i can @ least hear 9 languages, i consider myself multilingual.
I larv Thandiswa, she is a true South African woman.
the HIP Hop music in Zulu,Tswana e.t.c.

presha
25 Sep 2007 09:24

Shebeens (not da greek shebeens)
stokvels
Braai's

Xhosa Chick
25 Sep 2007 09:27

No, Cande, it isnt my first one! I had one about Celebrity Endorsed Products before that like, 2 people responded to. Now I cant find it anywhere, not even under my name!

Toxic
25 Sep 2007 09:28

2 people on your 5 reasons blog?? uyaxoka XC......! it wud be under the 5 reasons page/banner

Toxic
25 Sep 2007 09:30

kiwi shoe polish and its ads

Xhosa Chick
25 Sep 2007 09:32

Oh, u remember that blog! It was long, maybe thats why 3 people responded

Xhosa Chick
25 Sep 2007 09:33

Maybe XG101 stole it

Capella
25 Sep 2007 09:37

mhhhhhhhh!
what do i luv about SA. EISH!!! Its ehhhhhh mhhhhhhh.
ok, i think i i i like the.
ag man people in SA r so full of colonial hangover,
but at least we can .......................................................
i wish i could have something to say about SA
OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH UUUU YEAH

I LUV AFFIMIRTIVE ACTION. DONT WE LOVE IT PPL?

belz
25 Sep 2007 09:40

Nice XC, the languages this country has are amazing. The beatiful strong women!!! im talking about the curves and the big bums, something that other countries dont have eg. America (P.Hilton) Uphuthu. Chappies.

lizzy14
25 Sep 2007 09:40

Slice/kota/sphatlho sa ko kasi
chesa nyama eish le maotwana
the smell of mpaola during the heart of winter
the fact that we've got 4 seasons that's so amazing

Xhosa Chick
25 Sep 2007 09:52

Yippeee, Im not dumb like Jessica Simpson afterall! Thanks, Tox for the instructions!

lol @Belz with Chappies. Gosh, those Did You Know "facts" that are like, 10 years ago! Typical example:
"Did You Know Hlala Kwabafileyo has the biggest country-wide following starring the youthful Don Mlangeni?"

Capella
25 Sep 2007 09:57

WHERE else in the world would you find people who believe they didnt win the soccer match because they were bewitched except eMzansi for sho

andi01
25 Sep 2007 10:08

The fact that we have conquered racism and we still manage to joke about it. i.e. (dancing like a white guy)

Capella
25 Sep 2007 10:21

SAY NO TO RASISMO!
LOL

Capella
25 Sep 2007 10:30

This is SA. we have got SA playing against India and we have the whole stadium supporting India this is our SA. That we apparently 'LOVE''

sjura
25 Sep 2007 11:41

what i really love about this country is the fact that we'v got the most accomodative CONSTITUTION in the www and INTSWEMPU mtshana.and also the fact that we have the most corrupt leaders bt that dznt stop them SAz to luv them.

Brown Shuga
25 Sep 2007 14:30

Biltong!!

Congrats on the "blog" XC, hope there's more to come from you...am actually surprised that you're only doing it now coz you always have something to say...he he he

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 01:23

Ive written a proper blog before ya'll. Dont you remember? (sniff, sniff)

Gucci
26 Sep 2007 01:39

Things I love about SA

1. The fact that the World's Most Favourite Man is born here......and that is none other than uTata uMandela *bow to him*....this Man has made Our Country what it is today....I am talking about liberation(with the help of other people offcourse)...and respect...to mention a few.

That is why today a lot of Celebrities feel like they have to contribute something in Our Country...remember the 46664 Concerts where International artists like Beyonce etc came to raise funds? Oprah as well with the school. That just says it all for me.

Nice one XC!

cocktail
26 Sep 2007 01:51

Umngqusho no pense.
Umphokoqo namasi.
Amabhujwa namahipie
Imibhaco nezinanna marena(kubo yabokgosi).
Upuca noroundasi.
Ukusinda ngobulongwe.
Imigidi.
Just go to rural areas n you'll feel like you on the other side of the world its very nice!!!!!!!

Theres just too many things that makes SA to me!!!!!!!

Gugs
26 Sep 2007 01:52

BEE

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 01:55

SA is the place to be, man. We really should appreciate this country more. Segololo put up a blog yestersday about keeping the country tidy coz at the mo its generally filthy,yazi. So thats another thing we need to be doing, not littering coz then we're spoling the beauty of this country

monchooza
26 Sep 2007 01:55

We are the only country with Ama BEE

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 02:00

Cocktail wrote: " Imibhaco, upuca, ukusinda ngobulongwe. Imigidi."

nkos' yam, I miss the Eastern Cape.
There's just nothing like imigidi, is there, yazi?

cocktail
26 Sep 2007 02:06

Ewe XC!!!!!!!!! NAM KUTHI MANDIGODUKE,n leave the glamouro behind n just be yoself without no one expectations,its such FUN!!!!!!!!!!

Toxic
26 Sep 2007 03:21

Milo
Ouma Rusks--the buttermilk flava

Shirmell
26 Sep 2007 04:13

Good one XC.

Why I love South Africa:

1.Biltong

2.Braais

3.Winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup, it was a truly awesome moment seeing our President, Nelson Mandela wearing his rugby jersey and lifting that trophy next to Francois Pienaar, that day literally united this country like no other.

4.The beauty of this country, pity we don't appreciate it.

5. 11 official languages, the only country with a national anthem in 3 languages.

owethu260
26 Sep 2007 04:21

south africa my mama land

my favs

1. boerewors
2.koeksusters
3.of course biltong
4. kwaito ...bathong
5. manto-msimang( cant get can't tholakala exclusive in sa)
6.amarula ( not the liquor the fruit :)
7.our beatiful languages
8.potjie kos
9.our beloved taxi drivers
10.isi stokvel
11.and most of all UBUNTU

cocktail
26 Sep 2007 04:24

Owethu ma love do you still think we do have ubuntu?

owethu260
26 Sep 2007 04:28

we still have ubuntu let's say you throwing a party or something everyone will come especially if you stay in the townships or ezilalini to help you out , i think we still have ubuntu in that sense :)

lizzy14
26 Sep 2007 04:38

@ Shirmel--our national anthem is actually in 4 languages being 1.Zulu-
2. Sotho-
3. Afrikaans &
4. English

@ Owethu260-"6.amarula ( not the liquor the fruit :)"--if u really meant the fruit it's called Morula not amarula.

tshepiso
26 Sep 2007 04:40

SA is lekker
every function no matter what kind you will find a tent

blacks believe there is no function without a tent

no function without slaughtering of a cow
i love SA re ka go tima chicken meat e very cheap ONE and rather give u red meat

oh my good SA

PAPA KA MOGODU die lekkerste
ting ka tshotlho eish;;;;;; jaanong ke gopola gae

your radios can be on FULL BLAST through out the night no one complain

hoozaaaa SA I LOVE IT

MissK
26 Sep 2007 04:43

Hi guys I love Mzansi coz:
1. The way our brothers n fathers gear up to go to a soccer match (those vuvuzela's n safety hats (dont know what they call them n those big specs)
2. The parading down the street (ushaya isteps) on ur wedding day n the make up running its own steps on ur face

Nice one XC!!!

cocktail
26 Sep 2007 04:47

ewe owethu mtasekhaya but eyi bunqabile edolophini ubuntu,u need to be someone or be known of sunthing in order to receive ubuntu is nt NICE:-(

Toodecent
26 Sep 2007 04:49

There is one thing I love at the present moment..ehehehee.....guess what..??
..................
...............

TVSA its not owned by the SABC so we can tell them where to get off. ahahahaha! Imagine 4 Lethal Weapons 3 years in a row ....
Guess whats next..? VAn DAmme!

cocktail
26 Sep 2007 04:55

There is one thing I love at the present moment..ehehehee.....guess what..??
..................
...............

MMMMEEEEE!!!!!!!!

Username
26 Sep 2007 04:56

1. Country with such double standards.

SA win bid to host soccer world cup. people moan about crime and safety but when we host 20/20 cricket no one moans about crime and people support Francois Steyns Bid for 2011 Rugby world cup without mentioning crime.

2. Funerals are treated like parties and the more controversial the cause of death, the more people will attend the funeral.
3. You get anything from the four way stops and robots. You can even get sunglasses, cigarettes and magazine subscription for half the price.
4. Everyone is an avid sports fan come world cup and everyone is an expert in the sport.
5. At home affairs you get kak service in eleven official languages

Most of all no matter how bad things get everyone manages to score a bottle of booze and everyone is related.

Toodecent
26 Sep 2007 04:57

Yah I see that you love yourself cocky ehehehehe!

Toodecent
26 Sep 2007 04:59

5. At home affairs you get kak service in eleven official languages >.. Hi hi hi I love this one and the next thing you are married and divorced and married again...Halala Mzansi!

myname
26 Sep 2007 05:11

Geeze talking about ekhaya there is nothing i hate with passion & sorry 2 my mother bt thanks 2 her bcoz im here 2day. UMQA it was my parents fav dish especially xa sibuya eskolweni. Its was worse when my papa came 4 holidays. My goodness. UMQA Lunch 4ever. I get angry when i buy umbona/umbila/mealies bcoz its free ekhaya

myname
26 Sep 2007 05:14

We used 2 steal oil sicinga ukuba this UMQA will b better if we put some oil. Plz dont ask mi which oil we were using. Yhazi i miss old days

presha
26 Sep 2007 05:17

LOL @ myname. Shame is UMQA a mealie-meal meal?

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 05:23

It was No Name Sunflower Oil, Myname. I know. lol

Floh
26 Sep 2007 05:51

One thing that I like ka SA is their creativity,

They can make a fake beach in Soweto Power Park Dam, CEEE yoUUUUUUU there.

sjura
26 Sep 2007 05:58

Cocktail n XhosaChick ndiyelusa pha ekhaya ngo Dec so ndiyanimema ingathi nagqibela kudala ukugoduka(ningamachipha).

myname
26 Sep 2007 06:00

No Name Sun.Oil no sana that 1 it was for visitors. Another thing u wil eat a real food on Sunday. Guys dont u miss i-sweet water nomphokoqo & i didnt like umphokoqo ndandithanda isikhwekhwe. Hee another one i didnt eat & wanted so badly to taste INKOBE

Floh
26 Sep 2007 06:21

@ myname.................... do yourself a favour sisi, uthenge umbila mawufika endlini uwubilise, bese u enjoy(er) inkobe zakho

Hhayi-ke thina ugogo wami ebesiphekela isicukwana.
Ehlanganisa amahewu no phuthu, ngezinye izinsuku asiphe isikhokho esigcotshiswe u jamu?

Can you belive it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

presha
26 Sep 2007 07:07

ngezinye izinsuku asiphe isikhokho esigcotshiswe u jamu? Hayi Floh! r u serious? It sounds like somethin sum1 pregnant with cravings would eat, thats a realy weird combination of food.

Toxic
26 Sep 2007 07:17

mina I love reading your comments guys but when an entire comment is in Xhosa, i struggle...can you find it in your hearts to accommodate me?

KeleFabulous
26 Sep 2007 07:29

our history. i'm talking here the good that came out of our history. like the 1st.

the first robot ever made: in sa by a south african
the first heart transplant
ok, it's that time of the day when my brain refuses to function...people help me out here pls

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 07:39

Myname wrote: " No Name Sunflower Oil- no sana that 1 it was for visitors."
kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa

Thina we used to have a mixture of rice, diced potatoes with aromat and Holsum. UAnti used to call it : ukutya komtana.

Hard times...

sjura
26 Sep 2007 07:52

Sori Toxic il try ma best bt u knw mos English is nt ma mother tongue sumtymz i strugle to say other Xhosa thingz in English sorry vha!!

NtomboMxhosa m stil waitng 4 RSVP(konje m i corretct?)

Gucci
26 Sep 2007 07:53

We are the only country that calls the Protection wall in Our HomeYards a STOPNONSENSE......kwa kwa kwa kwa!!!!

sponono
26 Sep 2007 07:54

If there's one thing that defines what Mzansi is all about and sets this country apart form the rest...is that you guys have someone so uniqe and so rare and you'd never come across anyone like him, in fact his mere existence is a blessing to the whole country and to your personal lives, and that is!!!! SPONONO......
(modesty will not get me anywhere..LOL)....I'm doing you guys a favour by not moving to another country to bless them with my presence...so enjoy the shine while it lasts...and treat me accordingly and I might stay with you for longer...(My Account Number follows.....

sponono
26 Sep 2007 07:59

seriously arent we the only country that eats chicken feet as a proper meal...stru...neva heared it anywhere else, (and I'm well travelled...hi hi hi)

Toxic
26 Sep 2007 08:00

sponono, if you carry on like that, I'll end up calling you YaYa!!

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 08:06

Whooo, Yaya, bathong. Love her, mara that attitude!

GodsGift2Human
26 Sep 2007 08:18

U Smiley guyz intloko yegusha(Sheep's Head)

Sponopono luv thnx for blesing our country with your presence.M sho u are one of the reasons this country is alive with possibilty.

Hey guyz we the only country in Africa that has a SKI RESORT (Tiffindell).

KeleFabulous
26 Sep 2007 08:21

WHO'S YAYA??? AND WHO'S TEEPOT TOXI? I GOT AN EMAIL FROM HIM/HER???

myname
26 Sep 2007 08:23

Sponono God Bless u my luv. @Toxic sana sorry maan. Flo i-jam u wil c it on Sunday & sweets (if u dont know i-custard, jelly & pudding). Hee XC is Holsum stil exist? Amagwinya/Ikuku my goodness i luv SA

nonkez
26 Sep 2007 08:30

im sorry but i cant help but think about the crime rate in this country leavin me with nothing to be patriotic about.

Username
26 Sep 2007 08:31

South Africa is very unique. Back in the day your parents continue to embarrass you without shame. My aunt bought my cousin these takkies from Pep and they had this flashing light thing at the soles and front and made a squeaking sound with every step. My mother forced me to take my cousin every where I went. And my cousin had to switch the damn lights on every 5 seconds. He was about 5yrs old from the rural areas and I was a teen reaching puberty.

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 08:39

Myname: Dont know if Holsum still exists. But Im damn glad I dont eat that meal anymore!

But Holsum was good in umgqusho though.

myname
26 Sep 2007 08:41

@User im finished haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i never laugh like this be4

Floh
26 Sep 2007 08:43

Yes myname i jam ne skhokho.
Amagwinya/ ikuku......LOL@ myname

myname
26 Sep 2007 08:44

Ya gil i miss those days

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 08:48

I had a pair of patent, black & white platform takkies in Standard 5. This is back in the day when Spice Shoes were in. I still have a pic of me in white Mr Price jeans, the patent takkies, and a white anorak on. LMAO

Fingolfin
26 Sep 2007 09:10

I don't know if there's anything specifically unique to SA that I can hang on to and say "I love SA because of this.." I'm a veggie so I can't even say Biltong :-) I guess what I like about SA is... it's home.

Xhosa Chick
26 Sep 2007 09:15

Nothing "specifically unique" about SA? Wow.

Toxic
26 Sep 2007 09:18

Maybe the carrots are juicier in SA Fin:)

KeleFabulous
26 Sep 2007 09:20

TOX PLS ANSWER MY Q

myname
26 Sep 2007 09:21

how about eating with boys in the same big dish (ukutya nobrother bakho esityeni esi1 bakuphangele) and dont 4get i was the only gil

Toxic
26 Sep 2007 09:28

Yaya is the gal on ANTM Kele.......c yr GB!

Beyonce
26 Sep 2007 13:11

nice XC...
nna I like WORSe( iVorosi)

azHOT
27 Sep 2007 02:06

chicken feet with uphuthu= delish!

sponono
27 Sep 2007 02:07

whtever happened to the flour advert that said "kuku yaka yavaya" now that is totaly Mzansi...(I'm sure that girl waz shelwad left right and centre for her vaying kuku LOL)

azHOT
27 Sep 2007 02:10

LMAO@ sponono!!

sponono
27 Sep 2007 02:13

myname...I rememer that eating together thing...espesh when eating amasi (my brother used to say he has to eat first -avule indlela eya ekhaya-paving the way----yeah right)

oh -what about using the same washing basin.(and water)
.(I know most of y'all are from rich backgrounds and neva used a basin to wash...some of us have) anyway you were told to spit on the water and let the next person use the same water...I remeber I used to stand next to the person and check how much spit they gooi in there....if its too much there would be a lot of screamin and shoutin....(an this was supposed to bring us kids together)--ONLY IN SA

monchooza
27 Sep 2007 02:35

after eating from the same dish you, we would knock on dish so that the one who did not knock is the one who must take the dish to the kitchen."koko niks mabeka"

Toxic
27 Sep 2007 02:43

after eating from the same dish you, we would knock on dish so that the one who did not knock is the one who must take the dish to the kitchen."koko niks mabeka"

Ah damn monchooza, I remember doing this!!!

But what do these have to do with SA in general? Seems to be these are memories nje......

myname
27 Sep 2007 03:13

Sponono LOL. he i remember @ home u know meat was scarce nhe so when its month end we wil know ukuba we r going 2 eat nice. Yho guess what my mother wil do. She wil braai pack/chicken pieces & lots of skin chicken (We used 2 call it AMAFELE). She wil cook stamp with no beans (i-crush/iketse) and pour this oily gravey & 1 piece of chicken. So the moment u finish eating this stamp u wont have power 2 eat the chicken & she wil take & tel u that u wil eat it 2morrow. By 2morrow its gone or its for elders.

myname
27 Sep 2007 03:24

I was not allowed 2 eat eggs bcoz ndizothanda amakhwenkwe (i wil like boys)

sponono
27 Sep 2007 03:36

myname ...that eggs story is true to lots of black familis, girls were not encouraged to eat stuff that increases your hormone levels, inlcuding eggs, too much sugar, too much salt(bathi uzoba nempene..hi hi hi ) or oily food, or even milk..girls were allowed to eat plain food. My mother was a strict believer this..so my sister suffered a lot

I know Toxy its just memories, BUT uniquely Mzansi memories...right

Toxic
27 Sep 2007 04:02

i doubt they are unique to mzansi Spo!

sponono
27 Sep 2007 04:25

ok Toxy somebody should start a Mzansi memory-lane article

MADENZA
27 Sep 2007 04:35

<<<<after eating from the same dish you, we would knock on dish so that the one who did not knock is the one who must take the dish to the kitchen."koko niks mabeka">>>.who can forget this and also when chosing the meat the older one goes first, so we the young ones always had to stuck with the chicken necks.

myname
27 Sep 2007 04:44

sponono my brothers would eat these eggs infront of mi & i wil feel like" i wish i was a boy". Bt it was stupid. Listen ke sana, when i hear some hens noise i wil go & take & sometimes i wil wait til the hen lays. When im alone i wil frie my eggs or when im cooking samp i wil put it inside not realising that my eggs can blow.

Toodecent
23 Sep 2008 02:26

Taking it back to the daysfsssss......! We can fire a president and call it a political solution ;-)

GodsGift2Human
30 Sep 2008 11:02

that's so true TDC!....mfximm!!!

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