You know you are proudly South African when…
Prisoners go on strike.
You call a trunk a “boot”
You call a Barbeque a “Braai”
You call a traffic light a “robot”
You call a pickup truck a “bakkie”
People have the most wonderful names: Christmas, Goodwill, Pretty, Wednesday,Blessing, Brilliant, Gift, Precious, Innocence and Given
You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car
You can count the national soccer team’s scores with no fingers
You call a bathing suit a “swimming costume”.
You know the rules of Rugby better than any referee.
You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement.
You have to prove that you don’t need a loan to get one. A bullet train is being introduced, but we can’t fix potholes.
You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you’ve never had any.
To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of R750.
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 know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela.
You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather.
You know a taxi can move twice it’s certified number of people in one trip.
Travelling at 120 km/h you’re the slowest vehicle on the highway/freeway.
The employees dance in front of the building to show how unhappy they are.
You have to take your own linen with you if you are admitted to a government hospital.
The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the programme you just finished watching.
You produce a R100 note instead of your driver’s licence when stopped by a traffic officer.
You’re genuinely and pleasantly surprised whenever you find your car parked where you left it.
You can sing your national anthem in four languages, and you have no idea what it means in any of them.
The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire holiday.
You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite direction.
You know you're in South Africa when . . .
You don't stop at a red traffic light, in case somebody hijacks your car.
A government Minister is caught driving her car with a forged license, but the case is dropped for "lack of evidence."
Scholars protest at the lack of schooling facilities by destroying school buildings.
Votes have to be recounted until the right party wins.
Your insurance is higher than the repayments on your car.
You consider it a good month if you only get mugged once.
Rwandan refugees start leaving the country because the crime rate is too high.
The police ask you if they must follow up on the burglary you've just reported.
Afrikaans TV programmes are separated by a Xhosa announcement of the following Afrikaans program, and a Zulu advert.
A 45-year-old engineer gets replaced by a 25-year-old who cannot write his own name.
The Constitutional Court declares the death sentence unconstitutional, but rules that abortion is okay.
Crime actually DOES pay.
You realise after watching the news on TV that nothing happened in the rest of the world.
You are expected to carry a driver's licence that doesn't fit into your wallet.
A shop clerk makes you feel as if he/she is doing you a favour by letting you buy from their shop.
The fact that there is an election and people are standing in line waiting to vote is more important than the result of the election.
The most popular vehicle is a 4x4 designed for driving in snow, (the reason for this may be the vast amount of mid-summer snow that you see in all Christmas decorations).
People tell you that they wouldn't live anywhere else because the weather is so bad over there.