panel beating n.— «De Villiers and Goosen, according to trial testimony, conducted a blood-oath ceremony pledging secrecy among members of their all-white police riot squad before going into the Craddock township on July 26, 1986, on what...
jackroller n.— «The manner in which three women were abducted and raped in Northampton coincided with the way in which “jackroller” gangs operated in South African townships in the 80s.…According to a paper published by...
non-swimmer n.— «“Everybody kowtowed to the stereotype that black people were not good at swimming.” A South African colleague showed just how unquestioningly this received “wisdom” was accepted. Under apartheid, he...
bullet n.— «“X-rays showed that her stomach contained several foreign objects which the South African Police Service commonly refer to as “bullets’ containing cocaine,” Opperman said. The bullets are usually condoms filled...
witches’ knickers n.pl.— «Alaskans call them “tundra ghosts” and “landfill snowbirds.” In China, they’re “white pollution.” South Africans have sarcastically dubbed them their “national flower...
swart kat n.— «A “swart kat” is apparently slang for electric shock torture.» —“Tortured by Those Who Should Protect” South African Star (Johannesburg) Aug. 18, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...