Wena

Wena is a Nguni term that means “you”.


Hey wena, come here.



Edenvale

Edenvale is a small city on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. It lies about halfway between the O.R. Tambo International Airport and the Johannesburg city centre.


I grew up in Edenvale



Motase

A very bad way of spelling mntase. It is mostly used by Sotho/Tswana people to mock Xhosa people on social media.


Yho motase, I couldn't believe what I saw.



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.



Uncle Vinny

A skrr skrr kid who is the president of ama2000 in South Africa.


Uncle Vinny's birthday party was massive.



Pipi

Ipipi is a term in South Africa that means a penis.


Unepipi enkulu.
He has a big penis.



Impandla

Impandla is a Nguni term for bald hair (when men lose their hair).


He's always wearing a cap because unempandla.



Mazimba

Shona slang that generally refers to Zimbabweans, particularly in a playful or informal manner. It’s derived from the term “Zimbabwe,” and is often used to describe Zimbabwean people as a group.


someone might say, “Mazimba anoda kuenda kuJoni”—meaning, “Zimbabweans like going to Johannesburg” (often for work or business). The term is typically not derogatory but can carry a sense of national pride or identity in informal conversation.



Isidovela

I’m Xhosa, isidovela is a meal where rice is cooked with potatoes in the same pot. You mix it until it kinda looks like pap. You also have to add Spice for rice or Rajah to make it yellow.


Today I am cooking isidovela.



Tenderpreneur

In South Africa, a tenderpreneur is a person in government or the private sector who obtains private or government tenders and contracts to facilitate outsourced services. You see them by their huge mkhaba, flashy cars and expensive clothes and alcohol.


That mkhaba is not normal. It's definitely a mkhaba of a tenderpreneur.




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