The word tsotsi means hoodlum or gangster in the slang spoken in South Africa's Soweto township.

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Automakers don't want a roadside hoodlum to be able to bring traffic to a halt with the push of a button.

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Automakers don't want a roadside hoodlum to be able to bring traffic to a halt with a push of a button.

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One is called Totsi and it's the South African slang for thug or hoodlum, and it's a story of a violent criminal who finds redemption after he inadvertently abducts a baby who was in the back of a car that he hijacks.

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