Hade

South African slang-term used as a direct substitute for the words “I’m sorry”. Pronounced as Hah-deh.

Big Bro: Who ate the mnyanelis I left in fridge?!
You: It was me big bro, hade.

Tsotsi Taal

The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.

Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.

Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.

Dzubha

Dzubha is a slang term for a chubby or fat person.

Did you see that dzubha over there?

Mgosi

Umgosi in South Africa means gossip.

No one:

Girls: I have so much mgosi for you my friend.

Nelly M

Nelly M is the name that the recent generation / Social Media has given to former South African president, Nelson Mandela.

I miss Nelly M, things would be better if he was still alive.

Town

Not to be confused with a town (place). To town is the act of having unprotected sex (skoon). It is generally used by Xhosa people.

Ey wena the way you like to town, you will get sick.

Amachankura

Is a slang term for money.

I need amachankura.

Ngqaya

Ngqaya is a term mostly used in Cape Town that means to buy.

Ekse, ndifuna ukungqaya lewey. Ekse, I want to buy this thing.

Mngqundu

This is an incorrect spelling of mnqundu.
It's so annoying to see so many people misspelling this word 🤦🏽‍♂️

No one:
Annoying person: I miss him but umngqund'wakhe.

dada

Being selfish or being flashy

We cant go out with him because ano dada