Word of the Day [30 Jan 2026]

Kovsie

A student at the University of the Free State.

Only a Kovsie knows the feeling.

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Sthandwa

Sthandwa means “my love” or “baby”.

I love you, sthandwa.

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Sotho

Sotho or Sesotho is a language spoken in Lesotho and South Africa. It is similar to Sepedi and Setswana.

I met a beautiful girl who was speaking Sotho.

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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.

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Tight Nyansh

Conservative, miserly, cheap or
Extreemly stingy.

He eats once a day to save money." He wan do tight- yansh".

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Japa

Japa is a slang term derived from the Yoruba language. Japa simply means ‘to run swiftly’ out of a dangerous situation.

To 'Japa' means to abort, run, avoid, terminate, retreat or remove yourself from a situation, if used in a sentence.

I wan japa go South Africa next year.

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Sapa

Sapa is the state of being broke or not having money or food at your disposal

So finally Sapa don catch this guy
Guy sapa hold me like this no be lie

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Financial comma

When you are almost broke, you are only left with money to survive for less than a week.

I can't go out today, I'm in a financial comma, and I'm only getting paid next week.

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Mavuso

The money given to a woman after spending the night with her.

She left with a random guy yesterday guy and got mavuso in the morning.

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Mzantsi

The colloquial term used by us South Africans to refer to our country. It is the Xhosa word for the "South" part in South Africa. The full word is Mzantsi Africa. "South Africa".

I stay in Mzantsi and proud of it.

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Mntase

Homie, Dear or Friend in a South African Xhosa language

You don't have to worry mntase, all shall be well

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