Ngqaya

Ngqaya is a term mostly used in Cape Town that means to buy.


Ekse, ndifuna ukungqaya lewey. Ekse, I want to buy this thing.



Equatorial Guinea

A small Central African country with significant oil wealth and Spanish colonial heritage.


Equatorial Guinea is Africa's only Spanish-speaking sovereign nation.



Pretoria

Administrative capital known for its jacaranda-lined streets and government buildings.


Pretoria's Union Buildings house the South African presidency.



Gintsa

Gintsa or ginsa is a South African term for a thug, mostly those who hijack cars.


She is dating a gintsa hence she has so much money now.



Broer

South African slang word for brother, directly derived from the Afrikaans language


You peep that broer over there? He makes nca music!



Fokkerkie

Fokkerkie is basically a small fokker


Daai Steve is OK maar 'n fokkerkie
Translation: that guy Steve is a real small fuck



Impandla

Impandla is a Nguni term for bald hair (when men lose their hair).


He's always wearing a cap because unempandla.



Colloquial

(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.


We use a lot of colloquial terms in our everyday lingo.



Rhem

irhem is a colloquial Xhosa term mostly used by ama dyan from East London (eMonti) to refer to sex or a vagina.


Bendisitya irhem izolo.



Germiston

Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa.


I hate travelling to Germiston in the morning. The traffic is crazy.




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