American students share notes on SA culture
There's often a comparison in culture between South Africa and the United States. SA is considered a developing country while the US is seen as a developed one. The belief is that America is always ahead of SA on some aspects, but this is not always the case. The comparison often ranges from technology, food, hospitality, weather, etc.. Naledi Moleo unpacks the differences and some similarities with language and culture lecturer Dr Sipho Sithole and two of his American students Anastasia Taylor and Tatiana Allen.
Tune into Newzroom Afrika DStv channel 405 for more.
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Watching this makes me realize that i sometimes take it for granted just how rich our country is in culture.
I'm crossing my fingers we all know and appreciate who Sipho Sithole is - what a legend. What a plethora of badges up his sleeve. Damn this man🙂
@Papito_ZA
26 күн бұрын
We all have a good and a bad side - legend to some and skelem to others ... Do u know him personally ?
@khatmanworld
26 күн бұрын
@Papito_ZA No sir. I don't at all. I grew up in the 90's though
@Papito_ZA
26 күн бұрын
@@khatmanworld ahh then you should know his part in Slaghuis Joint Elements 👀..
@khatmanworld
25 күн бұрын
@@Papito_ZA do you know him personally?
@Papito_ZA
25 күн бұрын
@@khatmanworld Ha ke dule le ditlokotsebe 😂..
Awakening project for African people in the diaspora, much appreciate uBaba Sithole and Sisi Velile, we proud of you as Zulus , keep on promoting Zulu language to the world 🙌
@user-fh3oc5ij3s
26 күн бұрын
All Black people are proud of uBaba and uSis Velile and not only Zulus.
@gatshenindlovu8224
26 күн бұрын
@@user-fh3oc5ij3s He is promoting Zulu culture, what's wrong with appreciating him for that?,
@ThembinkosiMthembu-hm5kh
26 күн бұрын
@@user-fh3oc5ij3s weh kwasuka lokho
@sekoaib
26 күн бұрын
Always have to make it about tribalism. They visited South Africa not KZN only
@gatshenindlovu8224
26 күн бұрын
@@sekoaib oh so it is tribalism to be proud of being Zulu?, you people are weird. We are Zulus and are proud of that.
The lady in white also has such a South African look, she is even educating the journalist most of whom are completely aloof. They are both so grounded. Thank you also to sis Velile who is doing a good job showcasing our country. She is the Dr's wife and has her own lifestyle channel showcasing rural South Africa like youve never seen.
@kabelomolisana8580
26 күн бұрын
An African look rather. There's nothing called a "South African look"
@User.777.1
26 күн бұрын
There is though @@kabelomolisana8580
@Ultra_Magicc
26 күн бұрын
@@kabelomolisana8580exactly. While certain countries do have specific phentotypes (South Africa "San" phentype"), many Black people can actually blend in in many Black communities around the world.
@matomemalatsi3559
26 күн бұрын
@kabelomolisana8580 i think there is though. Same way we can tell someone is Nigerian or Zimbabwean just by appearance.
@gokuplayswushuaow467
26 күн бұрын
South african look his correct we dont look the same like other africans @kabelomolisana8580
I’m a proud Zulu girl and I absolutely enjoyed this. Thank you for coming to South Africa to actually learn about our beautiful Zulu culture and country ❤
Tatiana thank you for the positive words about our country. You are a deep thinker
I am a South African studying in America and when I say South Africa is ahead on a lot of things people don’t believe it and there are way more issues in America than one thinks this is why I always tell people there is no better place than home yes South African has our issues but the direction the people are heading is bright. In order to see that brightness is up to use but I think it’s possible the only thing standing in our way is the government once it show consistency we as a country will thrive beyond belief
@dennisflo9284
21 күн бұрын
Why go to someone's country to criticise, how about some decorum?
@tshepialletta3482
18 күн бұрын
@@dennisflo9284but it's true they still pay people with envelope 😂😂😂😂
@neziswacokotho6770
11 күн бұрын
😂😂😂@@tshepialletta3482
@thabanimahlaba9769
6 күн бұрын
I agree I live in the Middle East there is some tech that isn't in the middle east that I've seen in South Africa which blows my mind, SA really dont know how blessed they are the grass is not greener on the other side!
Yasho leyonto!! Hay ziyakhala ke manje, Girls you'll are not lost at all this is you'll real home, you'll were taken from South Africa indeed . Welcome home daughters of the soil we love you'll so much. Speaking Zulu for you'll is amazing and that's your real language girl. Thank you sir Sithole for doing the great job to our people!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
@jodimarcio9794
25 күн бұрын
No they weren't 😂😂
@blackming3420
18 күн бұрын
motho o banna
@jodimarcio9794
18 күн бұрын
@@blackming3420 always trying to claim black Americans when their ancestors are somewhere in West Africa. South Africans are pick me's that's why foreigners do as they please
Dr. Sipho Sithole is an incredible mind & cultural representation. His students have a great mind to learn from - I wish him nothing but the best!
I am a naturalized American, originally from East Africa. I spent 5 years in Cape Town, moving between Retreat, Woodstock, Heathfield, Plumstead, Parrow, Muizenberg, Simons Town,... The US is great, but not a paradise or perfect or anything like that. The prob is, not only people in Africa and some parts of Asia and Latin America think of the US as a superior country by all metrics but equally so do Americans themsleves because most Americans don't even have a passport so they have not travel throughout their lifetime!! Not even to Mexico...!!!?? When I arrived in the US I had lived in South Africa and had spent about 7 months in Japan. I could tell a number of things where the US lagged behind in a clear and undisputable manner. And I am glad the professor pointed out about malls. Frankly, SA has some of the best malls I have ever seen in my life, and believe me I have been all over the world. And public transportation wise, Europe and Japan and China are by far better than the US. I wish I could get a way to stay in South Africa again, it is such a fascinating country: the Water Front, Cape of Good Hope, the Camps Bay, Hout Bay....
We need Sipho Sithole to come back to Podcast and Chill with these girls for the chillers sake please!!
I am a black South African this is beautiful to see black Americans coming to South Africa to learn about our culture as black people it is important to know about their roots and what it means to be black and embracing blackness this is good the world is changing indeed
@dannyarcher6370
26 күн бұрын
Not a SINGLE African was taken from South African shores to the Americas. Why did they not go to Ghana or Nigeria?
@frederickkgagane
26 күн бұрын
@@dannyarcher6370 why should they go to Ghana or Nigeria?
@dannyarcher6370
26 күн бұрын
@@frederickkgagane Cos that's where their slave ancestors came from. No slaves left South African shores so I'm not sure what they're doing their looking for their roots. They should be learning Igbo or Twi not Zulu.
@southafrican_vibes
26 күн бұрын
@@dannyarcher6370 you sound so unwell inside your head
@xyz835
26 күн бұрын
@@dannyarcher6370borderless Africa… all the same people
Dr. Sipho Sithole is our legend. We are so proud of the work. 🎉
It is always beautiful seeing someone from outside Africa appreciating our cultures, given we were brainwashed to worship western culture and reject ours. As a proud Zulu this warms my heart.
10:34 She's soooo humble. I like the way she speaks. You would swear she's from KZN. Her Zulu name is Busisiwe, Busi in short.
@sebolai-dd4wo
26 күн бұрын
whatever
@siyabonganxumalo4574
26 күн бұрын
@@sebolai-dd4wo yini inkinga yakho ngoba I wasn't talking to you.
@penekedirero4636
26 күн бұрын
Stop dishing out names or is it a Zulu culture as well?
@matomemalatsi3559
26 күн бұрын
You already giving her a Zulu name? 😂😂
@ntateMarete
24 күн бұрын
He is seeing another wife in her..
Am a Soci-cultural and Behavioral Anthropologist from Nigeria, studied in Nelson Mandel University. The South African culture is very interesting and fascinating, there are a lot of declining cultures accross Africa and we need researchers and writers to preserve our beautiful culture and tradition.
I am moving to South Africa and this is the beginning of a great cultural migration of young African Americans seeing South Africa. South Africans must also learn African American culture too.
@reginaldm707
26 күн бұрын
South Africans who wants to move to USA must learn the American culture...not us who doesn't want live in America.
@pmambongwe8640
26 күн бұрын
We already know it, you just didn't care about ours until you learnt we're not so backward as you thought
@warrengreen8711
26 күн бұрын
@@pmambongwe8640 you do not know our culture just as we do not know yours. It is about learning and exploiting the global African experience.
@peterairl102
26 күн бұрын
There’s nothing to learn on American culture.
@mbali4728
26 күн бұрын
There is a lot to learn about African American culture especially the similarities in how black people lived during slavery and all the movements that were created to break free from that bondage, a bit similar to the movements made during apartheid for black people to be free from injustices. Most Africans think they can't learn anything from African American culture because of the immorality that is popularised in the media, however that is just a small portion of African American culture, just look at these two well spoken African American ladies taking an interest in African culture.
How Lovely 🥰 and Congratulations 🎊 I follow the Dr’s Lovely Wife Mrs. Velile! I look forward to learning the language and experience South Africa! 💎🎊🌟🥰💙🩵🩶
If we can focus more to our South African history we would be billionaires...you opened my mind Sir❤
Babu Sithole is such an amazing informed man...I once seen him on Podcast and chill platform...he got a of SA historically knowledge Respect!!!!!!!
Thatiyana ... so well spoken ... the voice
@tamara40
26 күн бұрын
Now you giving her Zulu name instead of Tatiana 😅😅 nh
@mogaunkadimeng4180
26 күн бұрын
Love how you spelled Thatiyana❤😂😂👌
@ntlaletsengnyamah9942
16 күн бұрын
@@tamara40 That is honestly what her name looked like in my head. Not a bad moniker at all. That your name is your name, everywhere, just spelt differently, and maybe a different meaning. Almost Spiritual. Almost...
I'm beyond impressed by Dr. Sithole. The man is super accomplished!
That's the history we need in our curriculums
@BOTSHELODevan
25 күн бұрын
not hitler
Great kids. Truly intelligent and humble
@kabelomolisana8580
26 күн бұрын
What were u gonna say if they came from Uganda? Same impression? I doubt it
@luthando8285
26 күн бұрын
@@kabelomolisana8580 That is so silly I shouldn't even be replying
@User.777.1
26 күн бұрын
@@luthando8285hai lomuntu has such a hatred against south africans
@nomsanhlabathi4599
25 күн бұрын
I also hope you not saying that because they from the U.S. USA has one of the worst education system,I really don’t find young Americans intelligent.
Jobe Jobe Jobe and Mam Velile Siyabonga ngokuvula abantu amehlo
in tears...sooo beautiful
Thathiyana mama 😩😩❤️❤️🥰🥰... Wamuhle mntanomuntu.. Aaaaaah!! Suka!!!... Ngyakuthanda mina🤞🏾😩❤️❤️
This two beautiful Black girls look like they were born here in Soweto,how similar Black people are regardless where we are born in the world.
@sebolai-dd4wo
26 күн бұрын
they look more half white....what part of their skin is "black" ???
@jaeeluv
26 күн бұрын
💯‼️🤗✨️
@GoldSunVHendrix
26 күн бұрын
💙
@thembanimgenu190
25 күн бұрын
Similar, that's a lie 😂😂😂
@GoldSunVHendrix
25 күн бұрын
@@thembanimgenu190 go away with your negative spirit.
Great Job Dr Sithole no Mama Velile🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾
Nice concept from Dr. Sithole, we need to take more of our languages (sesotho, sepedi, setswana, sendebele and isixhosa to the world etc ). Dr's in this respective languages Dr Sithole has shown you the way, now go and take our languages to the world too. Well done Dr. Sithole.
The anchor was so excited about meeting Americans until she was reminded about the land disposition from our people...and the ANC her excitement was diminished 😊
@dr.socialist8871
20 күн бұрын
You got it.
I’m Pedi and in Primary school I wasn’t allowed to speak my mother tongue with my peers but the Teachers could speak English and Afrikaans, I never protested against it I was just a kid so growing up I never used the pedi language consistently I feel like I lost Something that was supposed to be a part of me, It’s more than just a Language it’s my Identity, it’s who I am that was stripped away from me. Sometimes I even Reminisce on How people are viewed when speaking a language, People are looked down at for speaking a black African Language in the Middle class because that language is associated with the stereotype of a Black person from the township I’ve seen the preconceived notions and looks people give my family when they speaking Vernac, I decided to love my African Roots, to love my skin, my KINKY hair my fat lips and “round”nose I’ve taken Classes to help with me learning to speak Sepedi and I finally feel I’m connecting to something that’s just deeper than me, it’s something some people wouldn’t understand but Majority of Blacks would understand.
And then you get some dunderheads from nigeria coming here and insulting us. Thank you so much Americans for the love
@KM-3111
26 күн бұрын
😂😢
@Derivmaster5880
21 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@AFRICANR
20 күн бұрын
Very arrogant those ones ....they re like that all over the world
@mrclaws9818
18 күн бұрын
The generalization and stereotype about Nigerians is really sad. Am a Soci-cultural and Behavioral Anthropologist, studied in Nelson Mandela University and I can tell you, you've just been exposed to the wrong ones.
@blackdynastyrsa658
17 күн бұрын
@@mrclaws9818 it's not generalization, but if you insist then so be it
Halaaaaaaala Africa Halaaaaaaala Africans in Africa & abroad, Halaaaaaaala Zulu. Phakama Ndlu emnyana, PHAKAMA! You beautiful, powerful & blessed race you✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
@mbusomhlongo579
22 күн бұрын
Hlangana Zulu 🤝🫂
I like the ANC part 🤣🤣✌️
@rapelangmolefe1280
26 күн бұрын
Me too
Having a travelled the US, it has given more appreciation for my country and I celebrate the things we do get right over here. Hoping more African Americans travel here and walk away with an enriched sense of their heritage.
@Cyp372
17 күн бұрын
We don't need them here. Please continue to travel there if you want to visit with them
@jaxuys
17 күн бұрын
@@Cyp372 gaan speel in die verkeer jou laffard!
@Cyp372
17 күн бұрын
I will after you do
@happysquirrelwhats-tube8768
16 күн бұрын
@@Cyp372They are welcome here. They’ll come anytime they want to and won’t be told by you.
i wish most Americans or even anyone outside South Africa and Africa can be like this especially when it comes to understanding different cultures like coloureds and the Tyla situation,if people were more open to knowing cultures we all would ve happy
@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica
15 күн бұрын
I’m sorry it’s not taught to us and feels like it banned we are still fighting for our own blc American history to be taught ❤
This was beautiful!
I like how that American lady said dr sithole❤❤🎉🎉
Siyabonga Maphitha!!! Muhle umsebenzi wakho.
That was dope❤ But Newsroom Afrika is compromised unfortunately
@mzekenamanjearistokasi6832
26 күн бұрын
You can say that again.
@Seeta_sa_gauta
26 күн бұрын
What do you mean?
@actuallywhatthehellissouthA
26 күн бұрын
@@Seeta_sa_gauta Mxm bro these people didn’t cover the biggest protest in Africa right now. They just summarised it on the last day. But they are out here broadcasting senseless vlog typa topics.
@dannyarcher6370
26 күн бұрын
You are compromised between South Africa and the coloniser.
@actuallywhatthehellissouthA
26 күн бұрын
@@dannyarcher6370 Nah I’m not, I just stay in the UK.
Thank you
Gabela, mthembu abathembu bengabakwabaMvelase, Jobe this is great bafo take us to the world map
More of this please
Yabona uNaledi kodwa 🥺😍🤩
Respect Dr Sithole 🎉 ❤
So this is why AI Data training companies are looking for Zulu AI Data Trainers
@MalokaJohan
24 күн бұрын
wet dreams, most zulu people are poor and live in rural areas.zulu ai projects wont benefit tech/ marketing companies.they can only work in kzn.
We are not priviledges to add This is powerful as I hear her[ beautiful sister] speaking on land reform and seeing her eyes vested with anger at this problem, working with our sisters and brothers from the states can make it easier for us, easier and we can join hands with them to fight police brutality in the states coz they are really unaliving them in the states also to add mass incarceration.
Beautiful to see this
Beautiful people🤓
Zulu!!!! ZULU!! ZULU!! ZULU!!!✊🏿✊🏿
They so blessed they got to meet the king ,us we can't meet the king 😅
HBCUs with a proud history Howard University (the black Harvard) and Jackson State from down in the M. Go JSU Tigers and Go Howard Bison!
@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica
15 күн бұрын
Yes tell ‘em yess blc colleges ❤❤❤
I’m coloured and I LOVE the Zulu people 🙌💯
@TheHuny85
25 күн бұрын
Im mixed and i loved Zulu people too ,grew up in a Zulu household my dad`s side and they are great people .
@jasoncosmos8210
25 күн бұрын
@@TheHuny85 I’m from Cape Town and came to KwaZulu (Zululand 🙌) last year and experienced true hospitality. I have an eternal love for Zulu people.
@kingkayfabe5358
20 күн бұрын
Why? Cause They riot and loot when Emperor Zuma is arrested? You know Zulus look down on us coloureds right?
Beautiful
Maybe some years ago people were referring to what was then called "... isiNguni or Nguni culture" ... it similar to Ndebele Swazi or isiXhosa" all the way to Mozambique Malawi Zambia where there were known as"...Angoni or Ngoni...I really appreciate Prof Sithole.
@Eddymaf
25 күн бұрын
What nonsense are you on.Please just respect the Zulu language and stop being sick and forcing things.What you are saying ais out of context impractical there was no Swazi or ngoni language .Please stop following distorted youtube channels and and fake historians.Ngoni are zulu breaks of during the Zulu expansion project of shaka and the language is diluted.And swazi is a zulu break off group the move d via mozambique interfrating witth the tsonga ndau that's how the dialect changed.And why do you like forcing things when the topic is about zulu people and you see Zulu people give you space when you talk about your cultures .Please stop it.
Beautiful people, they give u that woosa feeling
Yoh. Lona who looks like Nkosazana Daughter is so beautiful
Thank you Mr Jobe may please take them to Mbombela as well Kruger National Park 🙏
@kigzman1745
26 күн бұрын
There's nothin there...
wow this new for me and amazing
So Americans are learning about our history but its not in our curriculum?
@user-kf1kl9fx8r
22 күн бұрын
A prophet is treated with honor everywhere except in his own hometown
I’d never want to go to America even if it was free
@itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271
23 күн бұрын
They never wanted you either honestly
@glorymasangu8377
23 күн бұрын
we don't want you here stay there.
@fabulousfarrahinsouthafrica
15 күн бұрын
Don’t ain’t shi there sign a blc American 🇺🇸
in america it makes sense to study spanish as oppose to african language unless u going to be working in an area where zulu is required?.
They are so sweet ❤😊
Brilliant ❤
Preach!!!!! 10:34 ♥️♥️🇿🇦
Yes we are the creators
Burst down Thatiyana...🥰😍🤩😘
@MWELASEDUBANDLELA
26 күн бұрын
Hau
@shisuiuchiha480
26 күн бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@Miss_Nkati
26 күн бұрын
🎉eeeh….
@ratabanamangana6927
25 күн бұрын
@@MWELASEDUBANDLELA 🥰😍😍🤩
@gomolemorekhoto2001
23 күн бұрын
What I was thinking😂
American by birth, Zulu by blood and I'm here for the comments 🫣 Mfowethu tried to walk in UPS and print a 400 page document. Haibo that's a novel and they are a shipping company not a publishing house. Next time Bra must take the thumb drive to a proper print shop, i.e., OfficeDepot. Man, that was too funny but he's doing a good deed, though 😂😂😂😂
Mr Sthole. You should visit Qcwetwayo Primary School in Mpumalanga
Man it's easy if you look beyond the spectrum of tribe and color South African people are very cool ❤
Did the esteemed professor not mention the MFECANE to these two students seeing he is speaking about wars.
African universities should partner on a wide scale, long term basis with American HBCUs. I'm surprised it's not happening already.
Lovely 🌹
Tatiana is so beautiful!
This great thing in world
Americans that want to migrate to SA need to throughly learn and respect the culture because Africans do not hold back when it comes to their culture.. We're one of the most diverse countries and regions and many wars have been fought protecting our cultural heritage from Western influence so one innocent act can quickly be perceived as a deliberate act of defiance or disrespect if you lack the right knowledge , it's imperative to know that you will first have to white wash everything they have taught you about us. We're highly intellectual and spiritual beings that has kept their heritage and knowledge for thousands of years our social structures are very complicated and extremely rigid
I thought they'll "the moment we stepped off the plane, the air, atmosphere, the feeling of completeness made feel we are home, where we belong, where we should be". Just a thought though
Guys please Chill, I'm Pedi but still don't understand why you're catching feelings. Embrace your own cultures and love one another instead of focusing on zulus like this. There's a time for everything, your turn will come.
@afd4017
26 күн бұрын
This comment is so unnecessary cheif Just delete smh
@pmambongwe8640
26 күн бұрын
@@afd4017 Read the stupidity he's referring to first and tell those people that
@Eddymaf
25 күн бұрын
dude are you crazy.your mind is messed up was the a need for you to comment
@ayandadobe5933
17 күн бұрын
Pedi language will be the last language these black Americans would prefer to understand so stay away with yo pedi language we are not interested on it and no black Americans prefer it in the moment they prefer isiZulu and Xhosa language 😂😅
Im confused they live far but i couldnt tell they are not south african until they say it but i can tell when i see a zimbabwen that this is not a South African just by looking at them yet they are neighbours.something is not adding up
@thiboznjabu64
26 күн бұрын
🤣🤣..yep ..and the same goes for Nigerians and etc . Cape Verde is the closest looking like SAN's yet so far away . Zimboz , Mozzies , Malawians etc dont look like us even though neighbours
@akaniofmzansi4205
26 күн бұрын
The light girl looks mixed race
@akaniofmzansi4205
26 күн бұрын
@@thiboznjabu64There is too much mixing with whites here like cape verde
@giftmaseko4292
25 күн бұрын
@@thiboznjabu64 DNA does not lie.we have never interacted with this other people in history because we look different from each other
Very good thing to do. Also as a Xhosa culture in the country after all
Ppl are mad that they talking about Zulu culture , there's nothing wrong about people of Zulu background being proud... differentiate ppl between pride in yr culture and tribalism
Sirens - we used to have those in SA in the 80s.
@gugulethu4155
25 күн бұрын
That part of this segment had me thinking.....
Tatiana told Truth to power We need to speak about a bit more
South Africa is a great country and great continent .Instead of defeating the ends to justice can we please just accept one another and embrace each other instead of the negative comments in an irrelevant platform wich is progressive and has nothing to do with the Negative agenda
are they saying Harvard or Howard?
@lizzolisa9068
24 күн бұрын
Howard
@itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271
23 күн бұрын
Both
Wow, PostNet prints documents OTG, amazing. Each country is developed in different ways. And SA excells differently
❤
This is amazing..wow
Gape we are th next next usa in currency ❤
Wow
But thy must also teach tswana and other south african languages
Kekopa dinumber tsa Tatiana
@thato596
25 күн бұрын
LoL hao monna 😂
They could be spy's... stay in the assignment 🇿🇦😮😅
oh lucky them, some zulu people that are under the king will never even meet the king....bayeze befe bembona ku TV, then some get to access him so easily. how lovely.
@sthe_zar6341
26 күн бұрын
These are students and Dr Sithole is a well known figure in the cultural,entertainment and academic sector so he has access.Give him a call and he might make your dream come true as well.
@gugulethu4155
25 күн бұрын
Thats the power education...good for them indeed just for being students they get to access lot of great stuff
@itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271
23 күн бұрын
Jealous doesn't Fitt u
@nondumisobuthelezi4570
19 күн бұрын
@@sthe_zar6341 lol and you assume im talking about myself...haaibo kahle wena
@nondumisobuthelezi4570
19 күн бұрын
@@gugulethu4155 impela
Tanki ntate sithole south africa is the best
Oksalayo BRICS phambili.
Naledi Moleo is beautiful.
As long as they never reach EC where they w5 hear about Xhosa people who held the line for 100years
I promise you they look like his kids