Nguni

Nguni, cluster of related Bantu-speaking ethnic groups living in South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe.
They speak Xhosa, Zulu, Swati and Ndebele.

We should unite as Nguni people and stop this tribalism.

Fuan-fuan

Trouble; problem; headache(from Bassa)

Dis boy es full of fuan-fuan I do na wan any fuan-fuan

Tokantsa

Is to buy WEED, this term started in Mamelodi now is a common word around Pitori.

Bro, Vraiza ujike ko Jeff uTokantse baart

Groove

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

I miss how groove was before lockdown.

Free State

The Free State, formerly known as the Orange Free State, is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital.

The Free State is in the middle of the country.

Auti

A man/boy/guy, also synonymous with "gent", "mjita".
Plural: Ma auti

I was out with ma auti

Mfethu

Mfethu is a Nguni term, short for mfowethu, meaning my brother. It is generally used to refer to a man, doesn’t have to be related to you.

Dankie for featuring me, mfethu.

Pronunciation:

Dawnie

The first lecture of the day (07h45) at Rhodes University.
Also see Rhodent.

Yoh dawg, I partied to hard last night that I missed my dawnie.

Afrikaans

South African language, developed out of the Dutch spoken in the country since the first Dutch East India Company settlement in the Cape, established in 1652. Afrikaans was considered a dialect of Dutch – known as “Cape Dutch” – until recognised as a language in the late 19th century. From the Dutch for “African”.

They forced us to do Afrikaans in high school.

iimpundu

mpundu is a Xhosa term for bums or ass.

1. Ndifuna ukutya iimpundu.
2. "Zodwa Wabantu, ndicela undiphe iimpundu" - Big Xhosa.