Lekker

is a widely used term, mostly by whites or cheese boys indicating that something is ‘great’ or ‘nice’.


Thabo: This biltong is lekker.

Nathan: Yeah bru, it's not as lekker as the one from we had last week, though.



Banyana Banyana

The South African Women's soccer team.


Banyana Banyana is the best women's soccer team in Africa, unlike Bafana Bafana.



Bafana Bafana

The weakest soccer team in Africa and the rest of the world.


Even Banyana Banyana can beat your beloved Bafana Bafana.



Aweh

This word can be used in any context. You can use it to greet, to say goodbye, to indicate you are happy. Etc.


Guy 1: Aweh bro, howzit?

Guy 2: Chilled bro, how about you?

Guy 1: Lekker bro.

Guy 2: Aweh!



With immediate effect

If you say that something will happen with immediate effect or with effect from a particular time, you mean that it will begin to apply or be valid immediately or from the stated time.


No one:

Cyril Ramaphosa: The sale of alcohol is suspended with immediate effect!



Braai

This is a South African way of saying Barbecue.


Tonight, we deserve to have  braai and celebrate the great year we've had



Blesser

A rich, usually older guy who exchanges his money for sexual benefits from young girls and/or boys.


Chomie, I got this new iPhone from my Blesser.



Ubuntu

A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity.


"there is a need for understanding not vengeance, ubuntu not victimization"



Slay queen

Young and naive girls who apparently do not date broke men. They spend hours on Snapchat and Instagram showing off things they don't even own.


Sandton slay queens are the worst, they will milk you dry then run way.



Yizo Yizo

Yizo Yizo was a popular South African TV show in the early 2000s which showed the violence, drugs abuse and hooliganism in schools. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to watch it


Did you see what Hazel did on Yizo Yizo last night?




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