Things South Africans Do…

You’re working on your computer and you’re in the habit of clicking ‘SAVE’ very often, in case of load shedding

You speed up for an orange robot, not traffic light

You check the robots before you go when they turn green in case a taxi is still going through red

Travelling at 120 km/h, you’re the slowest vehicle on the freeway

The first thing you do when you get in your car is lock the doors

You produce a R100 note instead of your driver’s licence when stopped by a traffic officer

You flash your brights at oncoming traffic to warn them about a speed cop trapping in the bushes

You prefer private transport to public transport, because taking a taxi means sharing a lift with 40 people

You love the fact that we have 11 official languages, even though you can only speak one or two of them



You can sing your national anthem in four languages and you have no idea what it means in any of them

Some of your fellow citizens have the most festive names, such as Blessing, Christmas, Innocence, Precious, Gift, Patience, Pretty

You don’t say ‘yes’, you say ‘ja’ or ‘yebo’

You always say ‘ja no definitely’

You put ‘man’ at the end of every sentence

You SMS your chommie, not text (well now you WhatsApp)

You’ve had at least one thing stolen from you

You love how Zapiro always gets it right

You have an opinion about the Oscar Pistorius case

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