Soweto Taxi Driver Speaks Broken Afrikaans in Hilarious TikTok Video, SA Busting

Soweto Taxi Driver Speaks Broken Afrikaans in Hilarious TikTok Video, SA Busting

  • A Gauteng taxi operator complimented white matric students so much so that he bit his tongue
  • The TikTok video shows the Soweto driver chatting up his passengers and trying to speak in Afrikaans
  • Netizens laughed heartily at his broken taal and were happy that he was making good money
  • The happy taxi driver told Briefly News that he was happy that he made a lot of money on that day

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A taxi driver from Roodepoort spoke broken Afrikaans while complimenting his white passengers
In a TikTok clip, a Roodepoort driver made South Africans laugh with his broken Afrikaans. Image: @sgebengusomfazi2
Source: TikTok

A Soweto taxi driver was so happy that white matric students hired his Quantum and paid him more than two loads to Durban. The gent gushed over their professionalism and generosity and made people laugh with his questionable Afrikaans.

Soweto taxi driver speaks bad Afrikaans in TikTok video

@sgebeng'somfazi posted his video on TikTok. In the clip, four young white men, looking like they stepped out of a James Bond or a King's Men scene, are taking pictures by the gent's Quantum. He looks on with pride like a father and talks about how he is making money from this trip. He makes his happiness known by speaking poor Afrikaans.

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He mentions that they hired his taxi for three hours but paid the same amount he would have made if he had to transport two loads of passengers from Jozi to Durban twice. We don't know how much that is, but it must have been a severe mint.

Driver tells Briefly News that he had fun on the trip

Nkululeko Ncube told Briefly News about his fun with the matric students.

"It was a lovely trip, and they were so kind they treated me like a king. The challenge was for me to speak Afrikaans. What I enjoyed the most is that they paid me more than enough, and transporting them opened many doors because I got phone calls for bookings from other people as well," he said.

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Watch the video here:

South Africans laugh at man's Afrikaans

Netizens were finished because of his conversation, which was mixed with him speaking broken Afrikaans confidently.

Siphosethu was dead.

“What did they say? And what did you say?”

Thembanator laughed.

“ ‘Jy… Jy… Jy… Jy want your taxi’. Hawu kahleni bo.”

Themba AkaSithole jokingly advised:

"Don’t speak English anymore, brother.”

Mchunu Ziphozonke wrote:

“It’s the Afrikaans for me.”

Phiri wanted to know:

“Was it necessary to end your message in Afrikaans?”

Thisisntkatie was charmed:

“Wait, this is so cute and smart.”

Mpho added:

“They hire it for taking pictures.”

Cebow knows how he feels.

“That’s true, my brother. It’s easy to work with them.”

Killa exclaimed:

“Afrikaans is not for the weak.”

Ntandomaphongwan5 was impressed.

“This is discipline, and the ANC blames apartheid for their corruption and ineptitude.”

Joburg taxi driver scores woman's numbers in traffic

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In a similar story, Briefly News reported that a Johannesburg taxi driver may have scored a girlfriend while in traffic.

A TikTok video trended where the man hit on a woman in another car, and the lady gave him his number, leaving South Africans in deep feelings of joy.

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Source: Briefly News

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Tebogo Mokwena (Current Affairs editor) Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art. He was also a sub-editor and journalist for Capricorn Post before joining Vutivi Business News in 2020, where he covered small business news policy and governance, analysis and profiles. He joined Briefly News in 2023. Tebogo passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative Email: tebogo.mokwena@briefly.co.za