South Africans are creative people and they do so even with their language. Although the country has 11 official languages there are words that are uniquely South African and are understood across all the tribes and languages.

So good are South Africans at creating their own slang that some of the South African coined words have crept their way into the English dictionary.

Read the glossary of terms here and equip yourself with a South African word or two to strike a conversation with the locals when you visit.