richeeyo:


See two of dem dressed like expired American gangsters

theTranslator:
What exactly is our business with south African news?

mytime24:
Only in SA

TMKsouth:


But you create threads about foreign continents. U even do Zulu translations?! R u ok in your head? Must be generator fumes.

theTranslator:

Can't you talk without insults?

Besides the Palestine saga was worldwide
You are doing what you accuse Nigerians for
Come to nairaland to insult us
Are you Zulu?

theTranslator:
Why is obesity so rampant in south Africa?

Tmksouth

TMKsouth:


Why do u ask - coz of the mother?

To answer you, it's mostly because of the cheap availability of fast food and an inactive lifestyle.

TMKsouth:


What type of response did u expect when u asked if my thread is relevant? Besides, if u open a Nigerian newspaper today or watch TVC News you'll find foreign news on there, so I don't know why people are so averse to seeing foreign news on Nairaland (especially South African news).

Anyway, I'm not here to insult you, sorry bout that.

theTranslator:

Not cos of the mother

I see a lot of SA and Botswana movies
Dem dey always get extra

I think sey na gene do am like that
Hottentots for example

I also saw a study that one of the causes of the prevalence of covid in SA unlike most other nations on the African continent is due to obesity
And you guys also have some of the European climate too

I hope sey u fi yarn pidgin?

TMKsouth:
[s]The North West Department of Education in South Africa has confirmed a video shared on social media showing a parent confronting a teacher and knocking her to the ground happened at one of their schools.

Department spokesperson Elias Malindi said the incident happened at Phera Primary School in Tsetse village, near Mahikeng, on June 14.

“The teacher, who has more than 10 years’ teaching experience, was allegedly assaulted by a mother who has two children, in grade 4 and R, at the school. It is alleged the parent complained about why the teacher turned back her children for arriving late,” said Malindi.

“Upon investigation, the department found the two pupils never arrived at school as their names did not appear on the register on the day.”

In the 30-second video, the 53-year-old teacher is seen standing in the doorway of a classroom trying to speak to the parent, who can be heard speaking in Setswana and is waving her finger.

After telling the teacher she is cheeky, the parent lunges forward, smacking the teacher in the face. The teacher has opened a case of assault against the parent.

Education MEC Mmaphefo Matsemela (regional minister) expressed her displeasure about the behaviour of the parent.

“On behalf of the department, I would like to strongly condemn the alleged incident against one of our teachers. I am perturbed by the incident and the actions of this specific parent. Our teachers are beacons of hope and should be treated as such for the huge revolutionary role they play in educating our society,” said Matsemela.

“As a department we plead with parents to protect teachers and not to cause any harm to them. Teachers should be treated as a scarce commodity which needs to be protected by society.”

The department dispatched a team of psychologists to offer counselling for teachers and pupils at the school.[/s]

TMKsouth:


Lol, the only Hottentot with a big figure I know is Sarah Baartman who was turned into an amusement freak in the 1800s. Most of them are actually skinny, scrawny even, but I could be wrong. You might be on to something with the SA/Botswana comparison coz of the Hottentot connection.

Honestly, I don't know why SA women are "bootylicious", so to speak, but the obesity issue is definitely due to poor eating habits. During apartheid we didn't have an obesity problem among the non-white population because incomes were poor.

Today, the black middle class has grown and fast food joints are everywhere and sell at relatively affordable prices. It's for this reason a few years ago the government fought a bitter battle to put up a sugar-tax on soft drinks, because it believed they were contributing to obesity.

Add the fact that SA is more developed, more people own cars and live sedentary lives than most of the continent, you then get a more inactive unhealthy society. Botswana and Namibia are just extensions of SA, similar to SA on a smaller scale.

Don't know what you were saying in your last line - I don't understand pidgin

theTranslator:

Foreign news that are relevant to Nigeria

People don't really like SA here
For obvious reasons

theTranslator:

The Hottentots I know are not anything close to scrawny
Yeah Botswana especially
Nigeria is just surrounded by France (cos no west African french speaking countries are independent )
Maybe that's why the similarities don't show

What I said was "I hope you speak pidgin"

theTranslator:

Can't you talk without insults?

Besides the Palestine saga was worldwide
You are doing what you accuse Nigerians for
Come to nairaland to insult us
Are you Zulu?

Cerebellum:


Shuttup and learn!

TMKsouth:


How are the news items below relevant to Nigeria? But they are on Nigerian news sites.

theTranslator:

Who be dis