Tempela

To flex or to show off

Nna nkao tempela, net akerato bolela thata, ke dealer ka action.

Igeza

1. A person considered to be crazy.
1. Also when one has silly notions, like making fun of others.

1. "Lamfana ligeza." - that guy is a crazy person.
2. "Uyageza wena." - you are being silly/crazy.

O jewa ke eng?

O jewa ke eng is a Sotho term that directly translates to "What is eating you" in English. This is a phrase that has become famous on Twitter after a user named @akreana tweeted it back in June 2019.

Friend 1: Why are you so down, o jewa ke?
Friend 2: Eish my friend, my boyfriend has been cheating on me with that slut from Pitori.

Zekethe

Is a hit song that makes everyone go crazy.

zekethe... zekethe... zekethe

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.

Nongogo

Nongogo is a vulgar Xhosa term that means a whore.

Ndipeyile namhlanje, I should get unongogo.

I got paid today, I should get a whore.

Moer

To beat someone to a pulp.

Can also be a swear word in Afrikaans

I will moer you.

Cosmetically challenged

When you are ugly as fuck.

1. He couldn't get that girl because he is cosmetically challenged.

Tender Prophet

A Tender Prophet is a name given to a tenderpreneur who can prophecy that s/he will be awarded a tender before it is officially awarded. This name has been used to describe Cat Matlala who rented a clinic on South African Police Service (SAPS) property six months before he scored a tainted R360 million police health services tender.

He rented the property before he was given the tender. Surely he is a prophet. He is a tender prophet.

Makarapa

A plastic miner’s helmet cut, moulded and painted to make headgear worn by fans at football matches.

I used to wear makarapa when I went to watch the game.

Mgarimbe

Mgarimbe is the legend who gave us the hit song Sister Betina.

Mgarimbe deserves a lifetime achievement award.