You are Proudly South African when:
- You call a traffic light a “robot”.
- You call an elevator a “lift”
- You call a car hood a “bonnet”
- You call a car trunk a “boot”
- You call a pickup truck a “bakkie”
- You call a Barbeque a “Braai”
- Employees dance and sing in front of the building to show how unhappy they are.
- You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather.
- You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you’ve never had any.
- You can sing your national anthem in four languages and you have no idea what it means in any of them.
- You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela.
- You go to braais regularly, where you eat boerewors and swim, sometimes simultaneously.
- You produce a R100 note instead of your driver’s licence when stopped by a traffic officer.
- You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement.
- You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car.
- You know a taxi can move twice its certified number of people in one trip.
- You travel 100’s of kilometers to see snow.
- You know the rules of rugby better than any referee!
- More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local election.
- “Now now” or “just now” can mean anything from a minute to a month.
- You start every sentence with yes/no or ja/nee.
- You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite direction.
- Travelling at 120 km/h, you’re the slowest vehicle on the freeway.
- A bullet train is being introduced, but potholes can’t be fixed.
- The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire holiday.
- You have to prove that you don’t need a loan to get one.
- Doctors and Nurses and Prisoners go on strike.
- You don’t stop at red traffic lights, just in case somebody hijacks your car.
