Category: People

Mampara

An idiot; a stupid or silly person. The Sunday Times newspaper shames wrongdoers in public life with its Mampara of the Week award.


Kaizer Chiefs fans are Mamparas.

Madumbe

South African potato-like tuber (Colocasia esculenta and Colocasia antiquorum), cultivated mostly in KwaZulu-Natal, greyish in colour and rather tasty. From the isiZulu amadumbe .


When I go to KZN, I have to get myself amadumbe.

Bergie

A derogatory term, originally referred to homeless people who sheltered in the forests of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. It’s now a derogatory word for homeless people in general.


He left home now he is a bergie.

Umkhwetha

A young Xhosa man being initiated into manhood at initiation school.
Plural is abakhwetha.


He is scarce on facebook because ngumkhwetha.

Nyatsi

A nyatsi is a woman who is dating a married man. Sort of the same as a side chick.


No one:
Daily Sun: Korobela chased my nyatsi.

Main Chick

The girl who is in a serious relationship with a guy, but that guy is casually dating other people (side chick).


I don't care what he does oksalayo I am the main chick.

Side chick

A side chick is a girl that is being dated by a guy who is in a serious relationship with someone else (main chick).


The girl he was with is his side chick.

Uncle Vinny

A skrr skrr kid who is the president of ama2000 in South Africa.


Uncle Vinny's birthday party was massive.

Amaberete

A term used to refer to the South African Tactical Response Team.
Those cops that wear berets and moer people.


He was moered by amaberete, that's why he is behaving now.

Big Xhosa

Also known as SOS - Is a South African rapper who the current king of South African rap. He released his diss track called Ninyile that was dissing the whole SA Hip Hop industry and all these cats have been awfully quiet ever since.


Big Xhosa dissed the whole industry except Big Zulu.


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