Tufia kwa

Tufia kwa meaning rejection

Tufia kwa meaning I reject you

Tsotsi Taal

The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.

Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.

Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.

Sapiosexual

A person who is sexually attracted to a person's intellect or mind before physical appearance. It comes from the Latin root "sapien" which means wise.

I am not into beautiful girls, I am sapiosexual.

ZANU PF

Something very dull, dumb and dangerous

He is a ZANU PF

Mazimba

Shona slang that generally refers to Zimbabweans, particularly in a playful or informal manner. It’s derived from the term “Zimbabwe,” and is often used to describe Zimbabwean people as a group.

someone might say, “Mazimba anoda kuenda kuJoni”—meaning, “Zimbabweans like going to Johannesburg” (often for work or business). The term is typically not derogatory but can carry a sense of national pride or identity in informal conversation.

Fede

A term generally used as an informal greeting around Gauteng. Chances are no one will know how to reply to you if you use this term anywhere other than Gauteng.

Sharp fede majita, dintshang da?

Ganja

Ganja is a widely used term to refer to weed or marijuana.

I'm gonna go home and smoke some ganja.

Nkawza

Kasi term for cigarette.

Buy me some nkawza.
skyf nkawza da.

During the people

Is a general term used to refer to "around people" or ween there are people present.

Imagine, they were busy kissing during the people.

Mahala

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.

Buy 1 drink and get the second one mahala.

Isidubada

Isidubada is an informal Xhosa dialect where you add a “d” after every sound. For example “Molweni” would be “modolwedenidi”.

Zikhona Sodlaka spoke isidubada in an episode of Gqeberha the Empire.