Fatcake filled with chicken livers, mince or vegetables
Example

Andiwuthandi lona umdundu.

Peekay • 08 October 2022
Also known as Eskom - Those assholes who are supposed to be providing South Africa with consistent electricity supply but instead they bring us consistent Load Shedding.
Example

It's dark again. Blame ass-kom.

Mbali • 19 March 2021

A liberator, Someone who gives freedom
Example

Uthixo nguMkhululi wethu

Mkhululi Maliza • 16 September 2021
Mamboyi is a colloquial term for alcoholic beverage, Old Buck.
Example

I only drink Mamboyi when I’m in the bundus.

MXhosa • 30 December 2022

A Zulu term that means for nothing. Free; obtained without payment or difficulty. It is however not only used by Zulu, it has been incorporated to modern South African lingo.
Example

Buy 1 drink and get the second one mahala.

Sinazo • 13 April 2021
What's going on, what's up
Example

Hey, dintshang?

Thusanang Kennedy • 21 July 2023

Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.
Example

I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.

LinguistZA • 12 October 2022
Azanka is a sePitori term for β€œI have never”.
Example

Azanka ka bona ntho e so.



I have never seen something like this.

Joe • 04 June 2026

Mampara week is the week before payday, where everyone just doesn’t have money.
Example

Friend: Let’s go out.

Me: I can’t, you know it’s Mampara Week.

Zama • 21 June 2024
North West is an inland South African province that borders Botswana. Its landscape is defined by mountains in the northeast and bushveld scattered with trees and shrubs.
Example

I can't wait to go to North West and see Sun City.

Maps • 14 June 2024


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