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What Is A Vloerlap? Every House Used To Have One
Categories Culture Lifestyle

What Is A Vloerlap? Every House Used To Have One

Editorial TeamPosted on19 February 202519 February 2025
No piece of cloth gets thrown out until it has truly given all it has to give.
The Smokkelhuis — Every Neighbourhood’s Got One
Categories Places Culture Lifestyle

The Smokkelhuis — Every Neighbourhood’s Got One

Editorial TeamPosted on8 January 2025

A smokkelhuis (or smokkie) is a residential building that sells booze. They “smokkel,” meaning they sell without a license. Read more

Meisie, Where’s Your Swirlkous?
Categories Culture Lifestyle

Meisie, Where’s Your Swirlkous?

Editorial TeamPosted on8 January 2025

Back in the day, you weren’t a real coloured girl until you got your first swirlkous (soolkous). It was a Read more

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