You know you are from Venda when....
1. You see a stray dog as soon as your taxi or car from Sthalala reaches Tshakhuma
2. You pronounce Zimbabwe as "Zimbagwe" or Sixty as "Sigisty"
3. Your parents expect you to choose medicine or engineering as a careea stream
4. You refer to Limpopo as the 'Eden of Africa' and are constantly in awe of the price of Mangoes or Avocadoes in other parts of the country
5. You are sensitive about being called a "Venda"
6. You know who Cyril Ramaphosa is (duh!)
7. You know Mbilwi to be the best Secondary/Matric school in the province
8. You use "Condrinki/Cold drink" as a generic term for all soft drinks
9. You think every other culture in South Africa except "Tsonga" is better than you
10. You play along to people from other cultures calling the place you are from "Venda"
11. You don't know any other weather seasons besides Summer
12. You take the insult "You don't look Venda" as a compliment
13. You feel a sense of pride whenever ANYTHING Venda related is shown on Television/Radio/Newspaper (SHUMELA VENDA right?)
14. You know what a Mukhada is (LOL)
15. You are multi-lingual yet somehow you still have "the Venda accent" (according to other people)
16. The only alternative place where you can buy any expensive item for cheap is "Magulani"
17. The only way your community regards you as "successful" in life is if you own a Motor Vehicle
18. Whenever you do something embarrassing in, out or around Venda it generates responses such as "ehh Muvenda"
19. People ask you if you have eaten "Mashonzha" but in essence you consider Mukusule as a healthier form of biltong
20. You have ever been asked if you need some type of Passport to enter South Africa
And lastly
if you are PROUDLY VENDA
Shumela Venda :-)
1. You see a stray dog as soon as your taxi or car from Sthalala reaches Tshakhuma
2. You pronounce Zimbabwe as "Zimbagwe" or Sixty as "Sigisty"
3. Your parents expect you to choose medicine or engineering as a careea stream
4. You refer to Limpopo as the 'Eden of Africa' and are constantly in awe of the price of Mangoes or Avocadoes in other parts of the country
5. You are sensitive about being called a "Venda"
6. You know who Cyril Ramaphosa is (duh!)
7. You know Mbilwi to be the best Secondary/Matric school in the province
8. You use "Condrinki/Cold drink" as a generic term for all soft drinks
9. You think every other culture in South Africa except "Tsonga" is better than you
10. You play along to people from other cultures calling the place you are from "Venda"
11. You don't know any other weather seasons besides Summer
12. You take the insult "You don't look Venda" as a compliment
13. You feel a sense of pride whenever ANYTHING Venda related is shown on Television/Radio/Newspaper (SHUMELA VENDA right?)
14. You know what a Mukhada is (LOL)
15. You are multi-lingual yet somehow you still have "the Venda accent" (according to other people)
16. The only alternative place where you can buy any expensive item for cheap is "Magulani"
17. The only way your community regards you as "successful" in life is if you own a Motor Vehicle
18. Whenever you do something embarrassing in, out or around Venda it generates responses such as "ehh Muvenda"
19. People ask you if you have eaten "Mashonzha" but in essence you consider Mukusule as a healthier form of biltong
20. You have ever been asked if you need some type of Passport to enter South Africa
And lastly
if you are PROUDLY VENDA
Shumela Venda :-)
ReplyDeleteNO NEGATIVITY IN HERE, Please Vhangana
This is soo accurate. Hahahahah. Great work
ReplyDeletethanks so much for reading darling
DeleteLol haha accurate 😂😂😂
Deletetotally :-) @tshimangadzo
DeleteI love it
DeleteI had never really taken note of how much of an insult it is to be told that you don't look Venda
ReplyDeleteYip, some take it as a complement because they would rather look anything else but Venda
DeleteThis used to be a way to get an insult from my friends when we got to Durban. Somehow we always took it as an insult.
DeleteElo ndi lone
ReplyDeletethank you so much for reading dear
DeleteNdi muvenda nahone ndia dihudza. Haho angaho muvenda kha lothe
ReplyDeleteMUVENDA MUBIKWA NA IVE :-)
DeleteI can relate...
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you can, Venda people share these bitter-sweet experiences, thanks for reading dear
DeleteShumela venda....accurate not precise...
ReplyDeletehahaha Rabe vhoo... aren'those synonyms?
Deletelol eh this was deep hey
ReplyDeleteright..? thank you for reading ;-)
DeleteLol this is too accurate !
ReplyDeletehaha thanks so much for reading
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ReplyDeleteThanks for reading Mr
DeleteNdaaaaaaaa
ReplyDeleteLols hai I think its not all accurate,the car thang is tru for everywhere in SA friend..lols but as u said,no negativity haha..twas an intresting read thou
ReplyDeleteHaha! This is so precise!
ReplyDeleteWow khaladzi a ise phanda na unwala mafhungo madifha,
ReplyDeleteBut I so hate it when they say (a thi vhonali sa muvenda)
On point.. I certainly take the you don't look venda nonsense as a compliment.. Eish I fell for it. No more
ReplyDeletelol that's so true hey and I also got comments like you don't look like a venda in my first year at varsity.
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