Have you seen these houses in Cape town. I remember a South African reporter reporting from there and it catched my attention. . .
@XhosaNostra, say something about this place
It's super colourful
I've seen it, but I don't know the story behind it lol. We love paint though Growing up, December was the time to give a home a fresh new coat of paint. It's almost like a tradition over here.
Your boys have it easy compared to Kikuyu, Kalenjin and Masai boys. We don't cut everything-no pics! I've actually said more than I should have.
Here it's also a secret/taboo, but in the age of technology, things sort of slip up. Many people are angry about that. They feel certain traditions should remain private.
Great! Mean while there is no rail transport from Ethiopia to Kenya. So sad
I don't think they all still work tho cos today most Zimbabweans and Mozambicans use buses to travel into SA.South Africans don't even travel to these countries anyway,so it would be unnecessary expense to keep them
more pics..
This is the city of Sandton,few kilos out of Johannesburg and it's considered the richest square mile in Africa.
Well, we have 11 official languages in South Africa. 9 of those are "black languages "- Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, Ndebele, Sotho, Tswana, Pedi, Tsonga & Venda. English & Afrikaans make it 11. Zulu, Xhosa, Swati & Ndebele, collectively they're known as "Nguni languages". We can all understand each other's languages. Meaning that as a Xhosa person, I can understand it when someone speaks to me in any of the Nguni languages. The other 3, Sotho, Tswana & Pedi, they also understand each other since they all belong to the Sotho group of languages. Tsonga & Venda, unlike the other groups, they're on their own so to speak. Most of us don't really speak nor understand their languages. Majority of us either can understand or speak 9 of the 11 official languages (with the exception of Tsonga & Venda). Because people don't understand their languages, most Venda & Tsonga people can speak all 11 languages, so it really worked to their advantage.
There's a lot going on when it comes culture. We have our cultural differences & similarities. Teenage boys have to go for circumcision in all cultures, except for Zulu people. That tradition in their culture stopped during Shaka's reign. He needed the young men at the time, to train them to be warriors & since the circumcision process can take up to several weeks at a time, I guess he felt he couldn't wait that long. As a result, he discontinued the practise. In South Africa, boys are still circumcised the old fashion way. They spend that period in isolation. Women aren't allowed. We don't even know what happens when they're there. After that period is up, there's usually a celebration. Everyone is invited. In the Xhosa culture in particular, noone is a stranger. Whoever you are, you become part of the family when there's a cause for celebration. There's a lot to say on this subject, but I don't have whole night lol. The long & short of it is that we celebrate every stage of human life, so we tend to have a lot of "imicimbi" or social gatherings in English.
Below is a video of a young man coming home from "the mountains"/circumcision school & his family is celebrating his return. The transition from boyhood to manhood is a big deal in our culture, a milestone
About your language, wow! I think S.A is the only African country having this amount of official language. Maybe even in the world. The languages must sound similar, how do you guys manage to hear or speak all that
About the videos, what a party over there
What do you mean by traditional heal tho? And there is a graduation for that?
JaceBlaze: I don't think they all still work tho cos today most Zimbabweans and Mozambicans use buses to travel into SA.South Africans don't even travel to these countries anyway,so it would be unnecessary expense to keep them
more pics..
This is the city of Sandton,few kilos out of Johannesburg and it's considered the richest square mile in Africa.
I've seen it, but I don't know the story behind it lol. We love paint though Growing up, December was the time to give a home a fresh new coat of paint. It's almost like a tradition over here.
I have seen the paintings you have in Durban and Soweto too. That is very memorable for any tourist over there.
Morocco has very bright colors too and when I think of that country, all I remember is their colorful houses
I meant that as a joke given Ednited is female and in African tradition the female goes to live with the man. Comprende?
you dont get it do you....??...because of you this thread grew into something it shouldnt be....
i never had problems with ghanaians,ethiopians before....not in this way...your mediocre pride has made you blind....ghana against nigeria,tanzania against kenya,now ednited that always minded her business is jabbing you....??
I know you are an ignoramus but will take it easy on you.
EIU Global liveable report didn't release 231 most livable cities in the world. Rather, it was Mercer that did the ranking of 231 most livable cities in the world after survey was carried out on 450 cities. I repeat 450 cities were evaluated during the process using the methodology below and Lagos and Abuja were ranked 212 and 213 respectively.
There's nothing like category of least livable cities. That's from your own fantasy. And stop using Nairaland and premier times to justify your ridiculous and false claims that Mercer and EIU made any category for least livable cities. Pure lie.
Mercer's survey is tagged 'The Mercer of Quality living Survey while that of EIU is EIU Global liveable index.
Unfortunately and as expected, Accra and Nairobi were missing in the 140 most livable cities report released by EIU after the methodology listed below was considered.
This is not about the most beautiful cities or most developed cities in the world. It is purely on only livability of a city.
Who wan go Edmonton, Graz, Pretoria, Darwin go do business make money?
If you want report on the most developed and beautiful cities, there are credible source for them.
In this year’s Global Liveability Index 2018, Vienna displaces Melbourne as the most liveable city in the world. This free report summarises the survey’s latest findings, as well as highlighting the top ten most and least liveable cities.
The Global Liveability Index 2018 - The Economist Intelligence Unit
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Mercer evaluates local living conditions in more than 450 cities surveyed worldwide. Living conditions are analysed according to 39 factors, grouped in 10 categories:
• Political and social environment (political stability, crime, law enforcement, etc.).
• Socio-cultural environment (media availability and censorship, limitations on personal freedom).
• Medical and health considerations (medical supplies and services, infectious diseases, sewage, waste disposal, air pollution, etc.).
• Schools and education (standards and availability of international schools). • Public services and transportation (electricity, water, public transportation, traffic congestion, etc.).
• Recreation (restaurants, theatres, cinemas, sports and leisure, etc.).
• Consumer goods (availability of food/daily consumption items, cars, etc.).