Load shedding is a culture shock to us South Africans

@thembekilemakhubela5315

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@abongiledlova477

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is. We are shocked aswell.

@xena6894

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 well said

@LearningLife77

Жыл бұрын

It really not part of our "culture" at all. It's a problem that came out of nowhere that we also hate. It has spurred us to get solar so hopefully one day I'll eliminate my electricity bill altogether

@sibon6729

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 it’s also new to us.

Our slang is influenced by all languages. It's not unusual to find people speaking three languages in one sentence too😏 We're awesome like that!😂

@martinirecords9471

Жыл бұрын

Yea I’ve experienced that a lot and that’s ok it’s South Africa gotta get used to fellas 🙂

@elvinadhludhlu5380

Жыл бұрын

Nne

@adetolaayodele3425

Жыл бұрын

Your country is not unique in that sense. Listen to Afrobeats lyrics; you will find multiple languages in one sentence.

@AaAa-on4mx

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a linguistic phenomenon called 'code switching'. I speak predominantly English and Afrikaans, with minor Xhosa words and phrases, and we will, in one sentence, switch between languages, as we find some ideas are better expressed in a specific language.

@Stef4156f5

Жыл бұрын

@@adetolaayodele3425 well does the whole country where Afrobeats is from do code switching, coz if not then it only would be the individual and not a whole community that does that

"No electricity = no running water" means that our 'sister-friend' lives in a property where tap water pressure has to be augmented by an electric water pump! Plain and simple 🤷‍♀ It's not common in the urban areas, but we have the same in my rural homestead: the reticulation tanks' water (popularly known as 'Jojo tanks') supply has to be pumped into the house's water pipes. Providing context is important 😏

@LearningLife77

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I wouldn't go to rural Appalachia and make broad statements about the US

The reason why there are no electric outlets and the light switch is outside is for safety reasons. Electricity and water don't go well together as people can get electrocuted while locked in the bathroom. For hair etc. they tend to have what they call a 'dressing table' (vanity set) in the bedroom where you have a seat and mirror to beautify yourself.

@zonkedlamini7725

Жыл бұрын

True and we also usually have 1 bathroom in a 2/3 bedroomed house. You need to bath and get out. You can't be doing your hair and make up in there.

@JostleMedia

Жыл бұрын

True I won't put an electric outlet in my bathroom

@sellondlovu4368

Жыл бұрын

Yes true very true...infact even people who build their own homes from scratch usually maintain the same structure of no electrical appliances or outlets in the bath room.

@leratomabuela3661

Жыл бұрын

Well put

@darinhickman9404

Жыл бұрын

Its a function of the type of outlet. South African outlets are 3 BIG holes. US outlets are two small slits......which doesn't allow as much moisture in.

She seems to live in a remote area. The roads and water pump are a dead give away

@Praslin

Жыл бұрын

Think so too, she must be living in some farm somewhere!!

Most South Africans speak 2 or more languages. I can hv 4 languages in 1 sentence.🤣🤣🤣It's jst hw we're brought up in diverse cultures/languages. No 1 finds it weird.

Imagine your card being taken away at a restaurant, where’s the privacy?😂😭😭I’m so proud to be South African🥹

Everything is exaggerated here no ways even myself as a South african I'm surprised no ways !!😂😂🤣

@mnceturu560

Жыл бұрын

Kodwa Gatsheni lol

@Delcarme

Жыл бұрын

Hehe I don’t think so people that aren’t from SA do things a lot different to us. 😅

Theatre is the operating room, not the surgery. A surgery is a surgery or an operation. Then there is theatre where you go watch plays and musicals etc.

As a South African I can tell you that we don't really use "right now". If we say now, we usually mean in a few minutes. Just now is less than now now. Just now is like "okay I'll wash the dishes after I finish this glass of water or this conversation" so anywhere from 10mins to maybe half an hour and now now is like, "nah I'll do it after this movie" so maybe in like 30mins to 2hours. There isn't really a set time, it is measured by whatever we feel like it means 😂

Getting electric cords, plugs or light switches in the bathroom is a safety hazard, DON'T DO IT !!!

south Africa is amazing....she just doesn't like it there....Lot's of love from Kenya😄

Ireland, the UK, SA and some other countries do not have electric sockets/outlets in the bathrooms for safety reasons/wet surface. You may find in some houses only a shaving outlet/socket which has lower voltage 110V/120V in the bathroom.

Girl so extra🤣, most of the things she is sharing also depends on the area

Lol I lived in South Africa my whole life... Never seen any of the big 5.... The fencing are for security purposes and kinda just to divide up the land

😭She's over exaggerating everything.

@Lulu-wv1nt

Жыл бұрын

Beyond exaggeration 🤦🏾‍♀️

@molekeradebe5954

Жыл бұрын

Eyo she is

@lkayngobese_

Жыл бұрын

Bruh 😭😭

@ianbeddowes5362

Жыл бұрын

She only knows WHITE South Africa and is from a privileged background in the USA.

@thapelobolofo785

Жыл бұрын

But she is telling the truth though🤣🤣

Car guards are not official. They are great to have and help with the groceries as well🛒. Load shedding is scheduled. It's not an everyday thing. Potholes depend on where you are. Those could be remote roads. Cities and towns and most highways have good roads.

@truesouth6532

Жыл бұрын

I was also shocked with the potholes. Yeah we have them but they're not that many and definitely nothing to write home about.

@baphithi

Жыл бұрын

Better roads than they have in the US actually, so this one is out of order.

An Operating Theater (also known as an operating room (OR), operating suite, or operation suite) is a facility within a hospital where surgical operations are carried out in an aseptic environment. Knowledge is power.

If you think SA roads have potholes…you really ain’t seen nothing yet. In Zim, we have a saying “if you are driving straight, you must be drunk” 😩 😅

@rumbidzaisibanda9563

Жыл бұрын

Dodge one get one for free😂

@BatsiraiMusuka

Жыл бұрын

@@rumbidzaisibanda9563 the potholes have tar 😅

@rumbidzaisibanda9563

Жыл бұрын

@@BatsiraiMusuka 😂

@rumbidzaisibanda9563

Жыл бұрын

@@BatsiraiMusuka what do you mean 😂 oh I get it 😂…the whole idea is pot holes and the tar is here and there 😂

@BatsiraiMusuka

Жыл бұрын

@@rumbidzaisibanda9563 precisely. we have tarred potholes down here😭

If the power socket n light switch are in the bathroom then the house will not meet municipal standards....🤷🏾‍♂️. It's an electrical hazard.

I think she's talking about the fact the supermarket and the bottle store is run by the same franchise.

Our banking system isnway more advanved then the US. We have been swiping and tapping cards for a very very long time. We can also do direct transfers from bank account to any other bank in the country. We have alsoe phasedbchequesbout many many years ago. A lot of adults dont even know how a cheque look in real life

@baphithi

Жыл бұрын

They still use cheques in the US. I literally had to order them, and you don’t just get one at a time, you get a whole stack of them - most of which I never even got to use. They made me get cheques because they don’t give people their banking details so you can transfer money to them. Instead they want YOUR details and will be the ones taking money out of your account. Whaaaat??? Someone used an account of an institution to buy of porn, because one can just put a debit through your account unless you tell the bank to turn that feature off. Our banking system is way more advanced even than European countries.

@andilestar4692

Жыл бұрын

M 35 & hv neva had a Cheque Book. I do all my banking online.

@NomaswaziMadi

Жыл бұрын

Okay the cheques yes. But 1 thing I say South Africa needs are drive through atms 🥹😭😭. I neeeeeddd a drive through atm

@hlulid234

Жыл бұрын

@@NomaswaziMadi that would be the worst thing in South Africa.

@NomaswaziMadi

Жыл бұрын

@@hlulid234 why? They will be in gated bank parking lot with security guards and cameras. Or in malls. Not like at a garage or random place. If there’s an issue. Close the gates or boom gates.

Load shedding/blackouts might seem normal now, but it wasn't happening at all when I was growing up. This blackout/load shedding problem is recent, and we South Africans are still not getting used to it because it is a shock to us. Our government is betraying our country signing climate change deals and doing alot of evil behind our backs, that's why we have this problem. South Africa always had enough electricity capacity.

The reason why you see group of people in trucks aka "bakkies' it's mostly construction workers being transported to their area of work. Very rare to see the group drinking etc.

@AGirlNamedVan

Жыл бұрын

Lol I came here to say this

No electrical related things in the bathroom makes perfect sense to me 😅🙆🏻‍♀️.... Also we do our hair in the bedroom where our make up and beauty products are.... That's all part of the bedroom, not bathroom here

@AGirlNamedVan

Жыл бұрын

I was house sitting a place with the plugs in thv bathroom. Maaaaaan it was so inconvenient. The mirror was too high so I couldn't sit and do my hair which take just under 40mins of blowing and ironing. I can't think of anything else than sitting at the dresser on my room.

After watching this, all I can take is that as a black South African, I can survive in the South, when I visit the US I'm definitely going to the South! 😁

@phutingoasheng6766

Жыл бұрын

🤣 😂 Good one

@osupabidob4

Жыл бұрын

☝Sista heard tripe and maotwana and said when can I visit😅

It is a safety hazard to have any electrical outlet in a room where 90% of the activity involves water.

Electricity in the bathroom is a western thing. It’s not safe though…bathroom is water prone.

Sis must shop at Woolworths if she prefers to buy her liquor in the grocery store. A lot of Americans that have YT channels don’t complain so much about little things and call them culture shocks. They are intentional about forgeting what happens in the US, leaving it behind and accepting our country as it is. She is too shocked 🙄

@samukelososibo1979

Жыл бұрын

Yes tooooo shocked

@baphithi

Жыл бұрын

@@samukelososibo1979😂 sizomphelezela agoduke 😂😂😂😂

@LearningLife77

Жыл бұрын

Not a fan of hers at all. I live a better life then New Hampshire or Dallas

@baphithi

Жыл бұрын

@@LearningLife77 those who don’t know will honestly think that she comes from a better environment, kanti ku-bird where she comes from.

This just made me love and appreciate my country even more.

All our buildings' light switches are outside the bathroom. Even new buildings

Looks like she's been staying in some rural area

There are also grocery stores that sell alcohol as well in SA

i really love biltong ,when buying biltong you dont just buy it anywhere ,the best shops to buy are at biltong shops themselves

The part about the power outlet. It's a safety precaution. It's not good to have steam and water around power outlets. The same goes for light switches. They are safer outside the bathroom. And don't pull the extension cord inside. That not good for you staying alive.

We also use theatre for both movie theatre and production. But, I guess we also use it for going under the knife.

Electric fences in the upmarket suburbs. Townships, regular suburbs, and rural areas you will find burglar bars more.

Load shedding usually happens when there is pressure on the power grid, meaning not enough electricity is being generated at a point in time for the use of the entire populace. Thus the electricity will have to be disrupted from time to time to conserve power until the problem is fixed. In Ghana, there was a point in time when we experienced Load shedding for a number of years

Loadshedding is a scheduled power cuts to reduce the load. It has stages like stage 1 it will be off for 2 hours, stage 2 for 4 hours, stage 4 for 6 hours. But it keeps on going up and down. This year it has been consistent. Some people have generators as alternatives. Biltong is the best snack. It is very delicious.

We have schedule for load shedding.. we know what the lights gonna go out and stages

Exaggeration is her middle name

Her Slang would be mostly be from the western cape or among English speaking whites...Black people because they are of diverse ethnicity will have their own slang

@gillievano1612

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, slang is diverse and ageist too. I don't know anyone who talks like that white in Jozi. 🤣

The liquor store part it would the same store but the liquor is next to the grocery store, basically you got Walmart and right next to it Walmart liquor 😅

when he kissed her cheekand said if it was with mee she coud live with it i smiled what a cute coupleee!

Biltong is a thing all over South Africa you buy it at a lot of shops and it is eaten a lot. It is a snack

I like how you show us a different kind of American people. It's easy to generalise if you're from that country.

No electric plug outlets and light switches in UK bathrooms to avoid electric shocks! We use a pull switch in bathrooms.

Discovered you guys Today and I love your content, been binge watching your reactions since 10am this morning 😁❤

Wow your reaction gave me a whole new perspective about America, there is alot of similarities after all

Any power outlet here must be 1.5m distance from any water source shower, bath hand basin if I remember correctly Kitchen basically the same except a kitchen is bigger than a bathroom. Load shedding is a Political tray of eggs you don't want to walk on.

Our water pump is connected to the electricity because we have a borehole and are not using municipality, but we have someone who's a caretake switches the municipal pump on when there is loadshedding.

loadshedding is different in each area. its a nice time relax, our water was not connected to electricity so we still had water. we also had a gas stove for when we go camping or we could braai so cooking is not a big problem. showering is difficult. really need to plan ahead.

Happy New Year's Fam! Blessings to you and your fam. More growth in 2023 for your channel and other ventures! A lot of these similar to the Caribbean living. LOL... Lingerie & Liquor store, genius!!

@TheDemouchetsREACT

Жыл бұрын

😅 Happy New Year!

Due to the problem of high unemployment, early on in after the end of apartheid, the SACP and COSATU insisted on petrol stations being manned by people.

@Camagwinee

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I did not know that

Wifey is giving me Keke Palmer vibes in personality and looks - love it!

I can understand why it might confuse some people, but having travelled to various parts of the US , you also have your own slang words for a lot of things 😁

@tamara40

Жыл бұрын

True 🤞

The lady looks South African. She's giving Zulu, Tswana vibes.

Regarding Car jamming they usually use gate remotes, if you press and hold it, it interferes with the car key mechanism.

@gillievano1612

Жыл бұрын

Happened to me at a petrol station when I went into the shop.. guy was in a C class merc.. the cheek!

Things have changed even since I was a kid in the 80's as an Aussie. I remember visiting My Mum's Cousin and his family. They'd decided to visit the beach 🏖 so we kids would just climb into the back of the station wagon if there weren't enough seats. Back then you wouldn't get into trouble with the Police. When I was in my late teens/early 20's My Sister's family moved to a country town in Far North Queensland. I loved visiting that town, My Nephew who's 8 months younger than me had a large group of friends who were real people persons. They had crazy senses of humour and were so much fun to hang out with. I remember piling into the back of a truck and going to a local swimming hole. Without any trouble. But as an adult I can definitely understand why it's a bad idea, what if there was an accident. Another reason I loved visiting that town was parting until as late as 3 am. I still have friends from back then. But life happens so most of them are married and settled down these days.

The reason for outlets and light switches being outside the bathroom is our grid functions on 220-240 volts.

I missed the live chat due to the stage 2 load shedding. as per housing regulation electric plugs should not be in the bathrooms.

Load shedding is rolling blackouts, Currently stage 6 with 4 hours at a time on stage 6, 3 times a day. Due to SA only have 220v in houses it is a safety issue to have power outside the bathroom.

A lot of house in South Africa has their bathroom light switch out not in the bathroom. I haven't come across one with the light switch in the bathroom.

Hey family I love watching your videos about my country South Africa ...sis P.

You guys really need to come to South Africa. You'd really enjoy it 🤗

Load shedding is also new to us too in South Africa. And it's scheduled. So you know when you will have your lights on or off

Most grocery stores sell wine, but hard liquor is sold in bottle stores.

Happy new year guys❤❤❤❤

Another side note ... When she says that you cant buy alcohol from inside the store she means that Walgreens cant sell alcohol inside the store , they would have to make a division of that store which would be "walgreens Liquor store"

Our load shedding is 4 hours a day twice a day, and the electricity is used for the borehole to get water

If i had to pump my own petrol i would cry

No certain shops have liquor inside the store

The remote jammers use a regular powered gate remote to jam your car's key. They simply hold down any button on the power gate remote when you're about to lock your car, and the signal from that remote jams the signal from your key. I tested this myself with my own car, and it's so easy it's scary. You have to make it a habit to physically check that the doors are actually locked before you walk away from your vheicle.

Biltong is way better than your beef jerky, it has different flavours too. Way better than beef jerky

Its because we believe in safety we dont mix bathrooms with electricity especially a hairdryer in a bathroom

Lol living in Australia married to an Australian dude. We’ve been together for 9 years married for 6 and he’s only now understanding me when I’m speaking to my friends and family. We are multilingual so we mix all the languages in 1 sentence. Not all the cars are stick shift. The car my parents use now is automatic Potholes are everywhere. Even here in Australia and in the uk. Lol filling my own car excites me because at first I had no idea how to do it and always got my husband to fill my car every fortnight but now I do it myself. Exciting. The now now and all that still confuses my husband 😂

The way yall look at each other😭❤

i once had a loadshedding for like 3 days bc while the power was out someone stole the electrical lines

There is only shaver sockets aloud which is 110v in bathrooms cause of safety. We have 240v supply and with moisture it will get into the socket and switches , water and electricity dont mix. But you can put a Pullcord if you wanna have a switch inside. America will have outlets cause yall supply is 110v not 240v.

It is definitely misleading to say that people drinking in their vehicles is normal and acceptable in Southa. It is not. Those who do so know they are wrong too.

As for outlets in the bathroom, it depends on the house . In my house I have outlets in my bathroom . In older houses , you will not find outkets in the bathroom .

It's Science guys , lol... water and elecricity= death

She’s not over exaggerating for where she’s from. Also just a huge review: I have spent this year watching you discover uk and oz and KNOWING that South Africa was for you, please keep it up - it’s hard to find great content as people but it’s there. My mother and I spent two or more hours on Xmas day watching you on tv learning about our countries and it made our whole day🥰 thank you so much for your hard work and openness.

@TheDemouchetsREACT

Жыл бұрын

Fam, you knew all this time and didn't tell us?😅 Tell your mom we said hello. We're happy to have both of you apart of our family!

Loadshedding is not part of life. We have long breaks in between, and then they start again. Right now the problem is that our better coal is being sold to Europe and bad coal is being delivered to Eskom by rogue service providers who make more money sending it overseas. The bad coal causes break downs, so they say but other than that they are also manufacturing consent to sell off the entity and privatize it. Re the sockets and light switches, it is also a culture shock for us in the US.

17:41 can be true too, National Parks in Kenya have electric fence to keep away wild animals, but in the city, the rich are just afraid of the poor.

I don't know where in south Africa is this lady living 🤔 cause some of the things no its not how we do them

For switches and outlets is for safety purposes,bathrooms gets steamy especially when using showers.thats why they dont put them in bathrooms.

Lol I just moved to the states 4 months ago from South Africa and some of the things I didn’t notice till she mentioned them. The plugs in the bathroom and the light switches actually being inside the bathroom!!😂

I'm from South African Township in Durban and every room have electricity plugs in our houses....except bathrooms for safety reasons, you can't mix electricity with water

Tip for loadshedding: Workout, download youtube vids before hand, fully charged laptop/phone that has a full damn season of a series on it and if you are tired take a nap. Good Luck

It's been 17 years since we started experiencing loadshedding.

I was amazed that everything has a fence around it,,, Electric fence for example. Many words are what the English and Dutch brought from Europe..Even the Architecture like the Cape Dutch homes,,,I liked Cape Town and Kaw Zulu Natal....

We have had it for 4 months now 3.5 hours on 2.5 off, 3.5 on 4.5 off 2.5 on then cycle restarts. Only so much romance you can fit in. Then some people run borehole water and pump works on electricity so no electricity means no water. Load shedding happens at peak times when you need to cook or get ready for work

admit it you guys love South Africa🌹😍

In the high ways potholes aren't a thing or in big cities .

There are grocery stores that have alcohol too .

i love how real you are...

@TheDemouchetsREACT

Жыл бұрын

That's all we can be.😁

So Load shedding doesn’t prevent you from having water instead it stops the geyser from working meaning you won’t have hot water to bath in

Yho the exaggeration?!!

Not in cape Town our roads are great. She must be talking about Guateng