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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
toyi-toyi .
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Examples
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At Nel's court appearance at the Swartruggens Magistrate's Court last Thursday, protesters toyi-toyied and sang Umshini-wam while holding placards saying: "Kill the devil" and "Hang hom".
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It said that the supporters, most of whom were wearing T-shirts with ANC president Jacob Zuma's picture and brandishing Zuma banners, burst into the hall and toyi-toyied, preventing the meeting from getting off the ground.
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The protesters toyi-toyied and chanted liberation songs.
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It said that the supporters, most of whom were wearing t-shirts bearing ANC president Jacob Zuma's picture and brandishing Zuma banners, burst into the hall and toyi-toyied, preventing the meeting from getting off the ground.
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Most of the supporters who were wearing T-shirts with Zuma's picture and brandishing Zuma banners, burst into the hall and toyi-toyied, preventing the meeting from getting off the ground.
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Other residents toyi-toyied and sang while holding signs which read:
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More than 200 people most of whom were wearing T-shirts emblazoned with ANC president Jacob Zuma's picture and brandishing Zuma banners, burst into the hall and toyi-toyied, preventing the meeting, which he was due to speak at, from getting off the ground.
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(Cosas) members, an organisation Masetlha help found, sang and toyi-toyied in celebration.
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I am sure the trustees of Bokamoso Barona Investment Trust would not have specifically thought of an investment vehicle as they "toyi-toyied" those many years ago.
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For example, remembering her experience of the morning of June 16, Lilli Mokganyetsi said that "we, of course, toyi-toyied."
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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