South Africa Slang Dictionary
South African slang is a rich, multilingual mix that borrows freely from the country's eleven official languages - isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sesotho and more - plus street languages like tsotsitaal and Sepitori. It's the language of the townships, the taxi rank, kwaito and amapiano, and everyday Mzansi life from Joburg to Cape Town to Durban. Words like eish, howzit, lekker, sharp sharp and yebo are woven into how South Africans speak every day. Explore the community-built dictionary of South African slang below - and add the words you know.
We use a lot of colloquial terms in our everyday lingo.
I caught my little brother eskomora.
She has so many contacts because she is a WhatsApp influencer.
The people are Tsonga people.
My best friend is Tsonga but she can't speak XiTsonga properly.
I'm tired of always being the one holding a candle. I need a girlfriend.