Cav

Cav is a South African slang expression used to say "check it out" or "take a look" or even "understand".


Did you cav that car?
Cav this girl.
Do you cav what I mean?



Kraal

An enclosure for livestock, or a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.


Make sure the kraal is clean before the elders come back.



Unotshe

Unotshe is a Xhosa interjection that means never or can be used as "over my dead body". It is pronounced as uno-chair.


I will not allow you to marry my daughter. Unotshe!



Podcast and Chill

Podcast and Chill with MacG is a podcast owned and hosted by South African YouTuber MacG alongside Sol Phenduka and Ghost Lady. It is the biggest podcast in Africa in terms of numbers and popularity.
The podcast invites celebrities and public figures to take part in the Q&A sessions on the podcast.


I really enjoy watching the Podcast and Chill. You can call me a Chiller.



Grootie

Grootie is a respectful term of referring to an older man. It’s a shortened version of grootman (big man).


Sure Grootie, nice seeing you again.



Kovsie

A student at the University of the Free State.


Only a Kovsie knows the feeling.



Friskay

Wild, rude, overactive, disobedient


Dis boy friskay-o



Bedfordview

Bedfordview is an affluent suburb in western Ekurhuleni, sharing an administrative boundary with the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. Bedfordview has been part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since 2000.


We are going to Eastgate mall in Bedfordview.



Nkunzi

Nkunzi is a Xhosa term for a male animal. It is also often used to refer to a person, obviously male.


Ndifuna ukuthetha inkunzi yebhokhwe.

I want to buy a male goat.



Mogodu Monday

In South African restaurants, Mondays are known as Mogodu Mondays, where they serve Mogodu, usually on special.


Let’s go to Mogodu Monday next week.




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