South Africa Slang Dictionary
South African slang is a rich, multilingual mix that borrows freely from the country's eleven official languages - isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sesotho and more - plus street languages like tsotsitaal and Sepitori. It's the language of the townships, the taxi rank, kwaito and amapiano, and everyday Mzansi life from Joburg to Cape Town to Durban. Words like eish, howzit, lekker, sharp sharp and yebo are woven into how South Africans speak every day. Explore the community-built dictionary of South African slang below - and add the words you know.
I stay in Mzantsi and proud of it.
His grandfather is ingcibi of the village.
The original term is "Yiza apha" or "Yizapha" but social media people have further shortened it.
They hired inkabi to kill him but he survived.
Kaizer Chiefs fans are Mamparas.
When I go to KZN, I have to get myself amadumbe.
Hip Hop has taken over now, Kwaito is no longer the same.
I eat everything with atchar 🤞🏽
They forced us to do Afrikaans in high school.
He is scarce on facebook because ngumkhwetha.
Don't be fooled by all that alcohol he is carrying, he is just an iceboy and not the moreki.