Lobola

The down-payment paid by the groom to the family of the bride before they can get married. It can be in the form of money or livestock.
I believe they call it a dowry in other parts of the world.

My family expects R200k lobola for you to marry me.

Jiva

Jiva is a kasi term for dancing. It can also be spelt as Jaiva.

Ey wena uyathanda uku jiva.
You like dancing

Groove

South African slang term for the club, tavern, party, all the nice places.

I miss how groove was before lockdown.

Gweja

A very offensive word that is used to refer to a foreigner.
Same as kwerekwere.

Stop calling our brothers and sisters amagweja!

Biashara

In Swahili "Biashara" means business.

Nimeanzisha biashara ya ujenzi.

21:01

21:01 is a term that is used to refer to an after 9 - a secretly gay person.

I have so many stories about the 21:01 gang.

Yellow Bone

A term that is used to refer to light skinned people (mostly girls).
If you are a guy and someone calls you a yellow bone, then something is wrong my guy 😂

We were just chilling and this yellow bone came in and everyone was looking at her. It was like a dream 😍

Gbosa

An action word which means to punch or slap, but can be as well used to refer to the sound made when someone or something is being punched.

I go give you gbosa for head.

Daily Sun

A South African newspaper that publishes bullshit stories that other newspapers don't want to publish.

I can tell from the bullshit you are saying that you get your news from Daily Sun.

Nyhori

Inyhori is a Xhosa slang term that’s used to refer to someone with one eye.

They stabbed him in the eye, now yinyhori.

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