Rha

Pronounced (ggggaaah); this is a Xhosa term for ‘ew’. It has many uses, for instance when something disgusts you or when someone says you and someone would look good together then you say ‘rha’.
Synonym; sies

*sees something very disgusting*
Me: Rha

Bafazi

Creatures which must be avoided by all men To live a peaceful life.

“Bafazi Abanangcondo outy yami”

Che

Give me or pass me. It is a substitute for the word skyf. Pronounced as “Chair”

Che me the phone Broer, I wanna call someone to bring us Pipe.

Bundle of joy

A bundle of joy is a toddler or a small child.
The term was populirized on social media when mothers posted pictures of their children with the caption "My bundle of joy".

These bundle of joys should go back to school full time. There's no peace when they are around the house all day.

Male Bestie

The most dangerous creature. Male bestie is the guy your girlfriend always tells you not to worry about but you don't know what they do behind closed doors. He is the guy that's always waiting for you to fuck up.

My guy be careful of your girl's male bestie.

Shandapha

A term that is used to refer to a beautiful woman.
Can also be spelt as chandapha.

yoh this girl ke shandapha.

Spaza

Not to be confused with Spaza shop... Is the name used to refer to Xhosa rap or Xhosa hip hop. It is not clear how the name went from being a kasi shop to a music genre.

You know guys from cape Town like listening to Spaza music.

Tribalism

Tribalism is the attitude and practice of harbouring such a strong feeling of loyalty or bonds to one's tribe that one excludes or even demonises other tribes that do not belong to that group.

Tribalism is setting us back as black South Africans.

Thobela

Thobela will be "Be obedient" in IsiXhosa

Thobela abase magunyeni
Be obedient to authorities

Pronunciation:

Ewe

A Xhosa term for Yes.

"Uhayi akasebenzi, kungcono uzame u ewe" - iFani