“Must Be Related to Jacob Zuma”: SA Woman Trying To Say 888 in Afrikaans Amuses Mzansi

• A South African TikToker went viral after attempting to say 888 in Afrikaans in a video posted on 19 August 2026
• The clip was a response to a follower's question and quickly had viewers questioning whether her answer was even correct
• South Africans flooded the comments, with even native Afrikaans speakers admitting the number had them confused

A South African TikToker had Mzansi in stitches after attempting to say the number 888 in Afrikaans. The video, posted on 19 August 2026 by @xaviismkhosi1, was a reply to a comment from @ThabieZA.

She asked the simple but surprisingly tricky question: "888 in Afrikaans is?" The creator's confident response, "Acht tachtig en acht. Honderd en acht en tachtig," sent viewers into a spiral trying to figure out if she had it right.

The clip by @xaviismkhosi1 quickly gained traction because the number 888 is genuinely one of those Afrikaans tongue-twisters that trips people up, even those who grew up speaking the language. The creator delivered her answer with full conviction, which only added to the comedy when viewers started second-guessing her. Watch the video that left South Africans questioning everything they know about Afrikaans:

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The comments section became a mix of laughter, corrections, and genuine confusion:

@ntwa stepped in with a correction:

"Agt honderd agt en tagtig. Hoop dit help 🙏"

@Terrible_2 had a different idea altogether:

"Someone please put a beat on this one 🙏"

@Rehanna appreciated the delivery:

"The seriousness and confidence for me"

@ZeAnne Goosen, a native speaker, wrote:

"You're confusing me now, and Afrikaans is my home language)

@82BlomBom could not resist:

Are you related to Jacob Zuma?"

@Mai admitted her own doubt:

"🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm Tswana, but for some reason I don't trust her. 🤣🤣 She jokes too much... is it correct?"

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• King of Sungura, a Zimbabwean TikToker, hilariously attempted to master Afrikaans within five months, much to the amusement of South African audiences.
• A Cape Town woman's passionate call for white South Africans to learn indigenous Bantu languages like isiXhosa, isiZulu, or isiNdebele.
• A Taiwanese woman who captured the hearts of South Africans with her humorous video filmed at Cape Town harbour, where she seamlessly mixed Afrikaans and English.

Source: Briefly News