Stop Nonsense

Stop nonsense ekasi are those walls that are built around the house (fence) mostly for security reasons cause you know how it is with crime in Mzansi.

They climbed the stop nonsense and stole the dog

Klipa

Refers to R100 (One hundred Rands. One Klipa would mean R100, 2 klipa - R200, etc.

Guy 1: How much did you pay for a box of cigarettes during lockdown.

Ntjaka

Ntjaka is a Sotho slang term that loosely translates to "my dog". It is used in the context of a friend (my friend).

I'll see you tomorrow, ntjaka.

Tempela

To claim you can do something, or you can do it better.

Wena awitsi selo wa're tempela fela.

Bhakaniya

This is the Orlando Pirates football club from Soweto, South Africa. A person who is a fan of Pirates can also be referred to as Bhakaniya.

Bhakaniya has not won the league in a while now.

Makarapa

A plastic miner’s helmet cut, moulded and painted to make headgear worn by fans at football matches.

I used to wear makarapa when I went to watch the game.

Thobela

Thobela will be "Be obedient" in IsiXhosa

Thobela abase magunyeni
Be obedient to authorities

Pronunciation:

Haibo

An expression of surprise or shock (basically means wow), mostly used by Xhosa speaking people. It can also be spelt as Hayibo.

Haibo, is this really happening?

Vat n sit

Is a term used in South Africa to refer to a situation where two people who are not married are living together.

Those ones will never get married. They've been doing vat n sit for more than 5 years.

Tuks

Another name (Nickname) for the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

I got rejected at Tuks so I will apply at TUT.