Mageza
Short for Magezel'empompeni, is a derogatory name used to refer to a taxi driver. The word directly translates to "the one who baths from a tap". The name originates from that stereotype that taxi drivers have a long distance relationship with water.
Abo mageza from Jozi are so rude and funny at the same time.
Take it or leave it
These are the guys who sell alcohol during the hard lockdown, when there is an alcohol ban. They inflate their prices like crazy. You can even get an 1818 bottle for R850.
They got the name because they don't care, it's either you buy at their 500% price or you leave it.
I got this gin from my Take it or leave it guy.
Kreng Kreng
A new drug in Pitori that is 10 times stronger and addictive than nyaope.
Kreng kreng is finishing the youth of Pretoria
South Africa
South Africa is a country on the southernmost tip of the African continent.
I was born and bred in South Africa.
Chuchubaby
Is another word for nonsense or rubbish.
The students write chuchubaby's during their exams.
Or who wrote the chuchubaby on my car.
Phara
Also known as phara-phara. A term that refers to a drug addict who often terrorizes the community through criminal activities. The term is mostly used in Xhosa and Zulu speaking communities. In Gauteng, this person would be called a Nyaope Boy.
There was nothing he could do, ela phara had a huge knife so he just gave away the phone.