Example
You're a kembo
A Zulu term for an assassin or hitman (a person hired to kill another person or a group of people), very popular in the KwaZulu Natal province.
Example
They hired inkabi to kill him but he survived.
A term that is used to refer to a beautiful woman.
Can also be spelt as chandapha.
Can also be spelt as chandapha.
Example
yoh this girl ke shandapha.
A guy who trended for what was apparently a staged video. He was asked for his number by a woman in a car and he kept saying "082". Twitter gave him the name Mr 082.
Example
Did you see the Mr 082 video?
Umgosi in South Africa means gossip.
Example
No one:
Girls: I have so much mgosi for you my friend.
Bobby is a slang term for “big breast”or “big boobs”
Example
as a woman if you don’t have bobby you supposed be a slave.
What bitter people say after they've lost an argument but still do not want to admit that they were wrong.
Example
It does not matter what you say, oksalayo I can beat you.
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.
Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.
Example
Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.
Nasty C is a South African rapper, songwriter, and record producer widely celebrated as one of Africa's most influential hip-hop figures.
Example
Have to go listen to that new Nasty C song
Example
I had to give them my phone, one of them ebephethe intshiza.
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