TikToker, Jess Baney. Images via TikTok @Jess_Baney
[WATCH] ‘Afrikaans is a myth’: TikToker on differences between Durban and Pretoria
‘I never heard someone speak Afrikaans’: A South African TikToker recently revealed the differences between living in Pretoria and Durban.
TikToker, Jess Baney. Images via TikTok @Jess_Baney
Popular TikToker, Jess Baney recently took to the platform to share the biggest difference she’s seen between living in Durban and in Pretoria.
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‘I NEVER HEARD SOMEONE SPEAK AFRIKAANS’
Singer and TikToker @jess.baney went viral on social media when she shared the differences she noticed between living in Durban and living in Pretoria.
The singer who lived in Durban most of her life and recently moved to Pretoria says people assumed because she was white, she speaks Afrikaans.
“I swear to you I had never in my life until I was 18, I had never heard someone speak Afrikaans. My friends and I used to joke that Afrikaans is myth. I didn’t think that people actually spoke Afrikaans.”
She adds that it never rains in Pretoria, it’s very cold and that people don’t know how-to drive-in Pretoria, while it’s nice and hot all year around in Durban.
“I didn’t know South Africa can get so cold,” she says.
She captioned her video: “Very keen to be moving back to Ballito next week though I must say…”
Jacaranda FM reports that the TikToker’s video has received over 200,000 views at the time of publishing this article.
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@jess.baney very keen to be moving back to ballito next week though i must say😂❤️ #fyp #university #fashionstudent #durban #pretoria #tiktoksouthafrica #southafrica ♬ original sound – 💖Jessie💖
SOUTH AFRICANS REACT TO TIKTOKER’S VIDEO
Zamo.Ngubane: “The amount of times I tell my friends here in Cape Town that we all failed Afrikaans as a province in KZN. I’m from Durban.”
X: “Yup, this is exactly how we Zulu’s feel when whe get to Gauteng. That’s the first time we encounter the rest of the national anthem.”
Speedicut: “So being from Durban in South Africa is like being from Florida in the US is what I am gathering from what you say.”
Tokelo M: “Crazy how we all live in South Africa, but we live in different versions of the countries.”
Ndu: “Durban to Joburg and I could never get used to this weather😭. I only shop for summer. They get earthquakes and there’s always a burning building😂.”
Hanaa: “It’s also the same for me and I moved from Durban to Cape Town😭.”
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