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.
Tonight, we deserve to have braai and celebrate the great year we've had
Chomie, I got this new iPhone from my Blesser.
What were you expecting from this one? He is a coconut anyways.
Bafana Bafana plays shit!
They say Mzekezeke can be anyone.
Come here my laaitie
Amabhinca
NEWAmabhinca are also known as Bhinca nation.
A group of Amabhinca were seen in a mall wearing their traditional attire.
Pronunciation
2. A lifestyle, place, object, or vibe that carries Livamora. If it is livamoric, it looks rich, feels blessed, and gives you peace when you see it or touch it. From expensive but simple clothes, to a clean yard in Kameelrivier B, to a person who smiles even when they have money.
3. In Skamelian culture: The highest level of blessing. When something is livamoric, it means God has touched it with wealth AND with rest. Money without noise.
- "His new house is livamoric - not big but full of peace and wealth."
- "She has a livamoric soul, even her laugh sounds rich and blessed."
- "I don't want fast life, I want livamoric life from 0477."
- "Those shoes are livamoric, simple but you can see they are blessed."
A Livamorian is not just a rich person. He is a carrier. His money has a soul. His money is soft, rich, blessed and peaceful. It comes with peace. It stays. It multiplies. It cannot be cursed.
A Livamorian's money loves him back. It builds a house. It feeds a family. It pays school fees. It sleeps at night without police.
Example 1: "After years of struggling, he finally became a Livamorian - now every deal he touches grows."
> Example 2: "You can see she is a true Livamorian, her shop is small but it has fed her family for 10 years without closing."
He left with a promise that he will come back to build. His Kasi prayed for him, his mother blessed him, his friends gave him farewell.
But after he found his feet in the city, after he got a job, a room, a car, a new life - he never came back home to build. He never laid a brick. He never fixed the gate. He never invested back. He never poured back into the soil that raised him. He grinds for the city, but not for his Kasi.
- "My cousin is a Vakamorah - 8 years in Pretoria grinding but no brick at home in B."
- "We don't need Vakamorahs, we need builders who come back."
- "He left Kameelrivier B to grind in Jozi but never came back home to build."
CULTURAL NOTE:
Common phenomenon in South African Kasi life. This word was created to name that pain and to remind the youth: Leave to grind, but come back to build