- 1939 - Otto Beit Bridge, connecting Zimbabwe and Zambia over the Limpopo River, is opened.
- 2018 - South Africa becomes home to the world's most powerful wide-view visible light deep space telescope.
- 1921 - About 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- 1993 - Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after a 30-year civil war.
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Cheki chali cha chopi chachoma chapo chap chap kwa chochoro.
Sheng
Translation: Look at the smart guy quickly roasting chapati in the alley.
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Kuvoya
To borrow or pray
e.g.
Wavoya jeso spate muche mudzo
en
He prayed to the Lord for a good wife.
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Ekenyamnyonge
Squirrel
e.g.
Ekenyamnyonge kemenyete ase risiko ria baba kiarete chichugu aanekerete isiko
en
The squirrel that lives in my grandma's compound took the groundnuts she had put out to dry
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