Gatvol? Sharp-sharp? The Oxford Dictionary just made South African slang official, and it’s about time.

Yoh' effortlessly conveys different emotions and was among a number of local terms recently added to the Oxford English ...

Yoh: A popular South African interjection, which the OED traced to 1855. It comes from two South African languages: Afrikaans ...

Zol, a slang term for marijuana, is one of the South African words picked up by the OED [Getty Images] ...

Oxford English Dictionary includes 10 words from South Africa in its March 2025 update, such as makarapa, yoh, sharp-sharp and gatvol.

Tjoekie: Another colloquial term, traced back to 1977, which refers to jail or prison. The word was first introduced into ...

The work of several local fashion designers will be featured at Fabrication Spring Fashion Show on Saturday, March 29, at the ...