A-B

• bakkie - a utility truck
  Truck
  A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile...
  
  , pickup truck
  Pickup truck
  A pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area .-Definition:...
  
   or ute in Australia
• bergie
  Bergie
  Bergie is a term used for a subsection of homeless people in Cape Town, South Africa. The word originates from the Afrikaans berg meaning "mountain" - the term originally referred to the homeless people who sheltered in the forests of the slopes of Table Mountain...
  
  - refers to a particular subculture of vagrant
  Vagrancy (people)
  A vagrant is a person in poverty, who wanders from place to place without a home or regular employment or income.-Definition:A vagrant is "a person without a settled home or regular work who wanders from place to place and lives by begging;" vagrancy is the condition of such persons.-History:In...
  
  s in Cape Town
  Cape Town
  Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
  
   (from Afrikaans berg (mountain), originally referring to vagrants who sheltered in the forests of Table Mountain
  Table Mountain
  Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa, and is featured in the flag of Cape Town and other local government insignia. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the cableway or hiking to the top...
  
  .) Increasingly used in other cities to mean a vagrant of any description.
• bag - refers to kissing someone or hooking up with them. Can be used as "Did you bag?" or "Did you get baggings?" meaning "Did you kiss or make-out with someone?".
• bioscope - cinema
  Movie theater
  A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
  
  , movie theatre (now dated)
• biltong
  Biltong
  Biltong is a kind of cured meat that originated in South Africa. Many different types of meat are used to produce it, ranging from beef through game meats to fillets of ostrich from commercial farms. It is typically made from raw fillets of meat cut into strips following the grain of the muscle, or...
  
  - cured meat, similar to jerky
  Jerky (food)
  Jerky is lean meat that has been trimmed of fat, cut into strips, and then been dried to prevent spoilage. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt, to prevent bacteria from developing on the meat before sufficient moisture has been removed. The word "jerky" is a bastardization of the...
  
  
• biscuit - same as American cookie
  Cookie
  In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat, baked treat, usually containing fat, flour, eggs and sugar. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have...
  
  
• bladdy - South African version of bloody
  Bloody
  Bloody is the adjectival form of blood but may also be used as an expletive attributive in Australia, Britain, Ireland, Canada, Singapore, South Africa , New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Anglophone Caribbean and Sri Lanka...
  
  , from the Afrikaans
  Afrikaans
  Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
  
   blerrie
• boerewors
  Boerewors
  Boerewors is a sausage, popular in South African cuisine. The name comes from the Afrikaans words and , and is pronounced , with a trilled .-History:...
  
  - spicy sausage from (Afrikaans) "farmer-sausage" (usually made with a mixture of beef and pork)
• book of life - national identity document
  Identity document
  An identity document is any document which may be used to verify aspects of a person's personal identity. If issued in the form of a small, mostly standard-sized card, it is usually called an identity card...
  
   (now dated)
• braai
  Braai
  The word braaivleis is Afrikaans for "grilled meat."The word braai is Afrikaans for "barbecue" or "grill" and is a social custom in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The term originated with the Afrikaner people, but has since been adopted by South Africans of many...
  
  - a barbecue
  Barbecue
  Barbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
  
  , to barbecue (from Afrikaans)
• buck - a Rand
  South African rand
  The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...
  
  
• brinjal - eggplant (from Portuguese berinjela, also used in Indian English
  Indian English
  Indian English is an umbrella term used to describe dialects of the English language spoken primarily in the Republic of India.As a result of British colonial rule until Indian independence in 1947 English is an official language of India and is widely used in both spoken and literary contexts...
  
  )
• bundu - a wilderness region, remote from cities (from Shona
  Shona language
  Shona is a Bantu language, native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe and southern Zambia; the term is also used to identify peoples who speak one of the Shona language dialects: Zezuru, Karanga, Manyika, Ndau and Korekore...
  
   bundo, meaning grasslands)
• bunking - as used in the UK, playing truant
  TruANT
  Truant is Alien Ant Farm's second album. It was released on August 8, 2003 by DreamWorks Records. The producers of the album were Stone Temple Pilots' guitarist and bassist Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo....
  
  , skipping school/class
• bunny chow - loaf of bread filled with curry
  Curry
  Curry is a generic description used throughout Western culture to describe a variety of dishes from Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Thai or other Southeast Asian cuisines...
  
  , speciality of Durban
  Durban
  Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
  
  , particularly Durban Indians

C-E

• cafe - when pronounced k refers to a convenience store not a coffee shop (originally such stores sold coffee and other basic items)
• china - (e.g. howzit my china?) - rhyming slang for "mate" derived from Chum
• chips - used for both French fries
  French fries
  French fries , chips, fries, or French-fried potatoes are strips of deep-fried potato. North Americans tend to refer to any pieces of deep-fried potatoes as fries or French fries, while in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, long, thinly cut slices of deep-fried potatoes are...
  
   and potato crisp
  Potato chip
  Potato chips are thin slices of potato that are deep fried...
  
  s
• circle - traffic circle
  Traffic circle
  A traffic circle or rotary is a type of circular intersection in which traffic must travel in one direction around a central island. In some countries, traffic entering the circle has the right-of-way and drivers in the circle must yield. In many other countries, traffic entering the circle must...
  
   or roundabout
  Roundabout
  A roundabout is the name for a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a central island. The word dates from the early 20th century. Roundabouts are common in many countries around the world...
  
  
• Coloured
  Cape Coloureds
  The Cape Coloureds form a minority group within South Africa, however they are the predominant population group in the Western Cape. They are generally bilingual, however subsets within the group can be exclusively Afrikaans speakers, whereas others primarily speak English...
  
   - refers to typically brown skinned South Africans of mixed European and Khoisan or black and/or Malay ancestry.
• clutch pencil - a mechanical pencil
  Mechanical pencil
  A mechanical pencil or a propelling pencil is a pencil with a replaceable and mechanically extendable solid pigment core called a lead . It is designed such that the lead can be extended as its point is worn away...
  
  
• costume - besides meaning attire worn to a dress-up party/play it also refers to a bathing suit (short for "swimming costume" or "bathing costume"), sometime abbreviated cozzie also used in Britain.
• cool drink, cold drink - soft drink, fizzy drink not necessarily chilled
• dagga - marijuana
  Cannabis (drug)
  Cannabis, also known as marijuana among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or for medicinal purposes. The English term marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish word marihuana...
  
  , dag-gah, dagca (similar in pronunciation to an Arabic herb)
• dam
  Dam
  A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
  
  - also used to mean a reservoir
• donga - a ditch of the type found in South African topography (from Zulu, 'wall')
• erf plural erven - a plot of land for a building (from Cape Dutch
  Cape Dutch
  Cape Dutch are people of the Western Cape of South Africa who descended primarily from Dutch and Flemish as well as smaller numbers of French, German and other European immigrants along with a percentage of their Asian and African slaves, who, from the 17th century into the 19th century, remained...
  
  ).

F-J

• garden boy - a male gardener (of any age), (Commonly used by older white South Africans, now considered politically incorrect)
• geyser - domestic water boiler
  Boiler
  A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications.-Materials:...
  
  
• globe - as formerly used in Britain, a light bulb
  Incandescent light bulb
  The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe makes light by heating a metal filament wire to a high temperature until it glows. The hot filament is protected from air by a glass bulb that is filled with inert gas or evacuated. In a halogen lamp, a chemical process...
  
  
• homeland
  Bantustan
  A bantustan was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa , as part of the policy of apartheid...
  
  - under apartheid, typically referred to a self-governing "state" for black South Africans
• house - a free-standing dwelling. Usage differs from the UK, where a house is not free-standing, unlike a bungalow
  Bungalow
  A bungalow is a type of house, with varying meanings across the world. Common features to many of these definitions include being detached, low-rise , and the use of verandahs...
  
  .
• hey? - similar to "eh?" or "huh?"
• howzit - hello, how are you, good morning (despite being a contraction (grammar)
  Contraction (grammar)
  A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters....
  
   of 'how is it', howzit is almost exclusively a greeting, and seldom a question)
• is it? - an all purpose exclamative, can be used in any context where "really?", "uh-huh", etc. would be appropriate; for example: "I'm feeling pretty tired." "Is it?". Often contracted
  Contraction (grammar)
  A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of a word, syllable, or word group, created by omission of internal letters....
  
   in speech to "izit"
• indaba
  Indaba
  An indaba is an important conference held by the izinDuna of the Zulu and Xhosa peoples of South Africa. These indabas may include only the izinDuna of a particular community or may be held with representatives of other communities.The term comes from a Zulu...
  
  - conference (from Zulu
  Zulu language
  Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...
  
  , 'a matter for discussion')
• jam - can also be referred to as having a good time, partying, drinking etc. e.g. "Let's jam soon"
• ja well no fine - expression of indifference or ambivalence.
• jol - another term more commonly used for partying and drinking. e.g. "It was a jol" or "I am jolling with you soon."
• just now - idiomatically used to mean soon, later, or in a short while, but unlike the UK not immediately.

K-L

• kiff, kief, adj., indicating appreciation (like "cool"). Originating from the resin glands of cannabis Kief
  Kief
  Kief, keef or kif refers to the resin glands of cannabis which may accumulate in containers or be sifted from loose dry cannabis buds with a mesh screen or sieve. Kief contains a much higher concentration of desired psychoactive cannabinoids, such as THC, than other preparations of cannabis buds...
  
  
• koki, koki pen, a fibre-tip (coloured) art pen (from a local brand name)
• kombi - a minivan, esp. Volkswagen
  Volkswagen
  Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...
  
   (from the Volkswagen 'Kombi'
  Volkswagen Type 2
  The Volkswagen Type 2, officially known as the Transporter or Kombi informally as Bus or Camper , was a panel van introduced in 1950 by German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model – following and initially deriving from Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1 , it was given the factory...
  
   van)
• lekker - originating from the Afrikaans word for sweet, now meaning nice, pleasant or enjoyable in South African English.
• location - an apartheid-era urban area populated by Blacks
  Black people
  The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...
  
  , Cape Coloureds
  Cape Coloureds
  The Cape Coloureds form a minority group within South Africa, however they are the predominant population group in the Western Cape. They are generally bilingual, however subsets within the group can be exclusively Afrikaans speakers, whereas others primarily speak English...
  
   or Indians (dated, replaced "township
  Township (South Africa)
  In South Africa, the term township and location usually refers to the urban living areas that, from the late 19th century until the end of Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites . Townships were usually built on the periphery of towns and cities...
  
  " in common usage amongst Whites
  White people
  White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
  
  , but still widely used by Blacks
  Black people
  The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...
  
  )

M-N

• main road - what is generally called a "High Street
  High Street
  High Street, or the High Street, is a metonym for the generic name of the primary business street of towns or cities, especially in the United Kingdom. It is usually a focal point for shops and retailers in city centres, and is most often used in reference to retailing...
  
  " in Britain or a "Main Street
  Main Street
  Main Street is the metonym for a generic street name of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in many parts of the world...
  
  " in North America
• matric - school-leaving certificate or the final year of high school
  High school
  High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
  
   or a student in the final year, short for matriculation
  Matriculation
  Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matricula – little list. In Scottish heraldry, for instance, a matriculation is a registration of armorial bearings...
  
   exemption. Equivalent internationally to A-Levels
  GCE Advanced Level
  The Advanced Level General Certificate of Education, commonly referred to as an A-level, is a qualification offered by education institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Cameroon, and the Cayman Islands...
  
   or Twelfth grade
  Twelfth grade
  Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...
  
  .
• mielie - an ear of maize
  Maize
  Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
  
   (from Afrikaans mielie)
• mielie meal - used for both maize
  Maize
  Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
  
   flour and the traditional porridge made from it similar to American grits
  Grits
  Grits are a food of American Indian origin common in the Southern United States and mainly eaten at breakfast. They consist of coarsely ground corn, or sometimes alkali-treated corn . They are also sometimes called sofkee or sofkey from the Muskogee language word...
  
  , the latter also commonly known by the Afrikaans
  Afrikaans
  Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
  
   word pap
• monkey's wedding - a sunshower
  Sunshower
  A sunshower or sun shower is a meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining. These conditions often lead to the appearance of a rainbow, if the sun is at a low enough angle. Although used in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and parts of Britain,...
  
  .
• muti
  Muti
  Muti is a term for traditional medicine in Southern Africa as far north as Lake Tanganyika. The word muti is derived from the Zulu word for tree, of which the root is -thi...
  
  - traditional medicine
  Traditional medicine
  Traditional medicine comprises unscientific knowledge systems that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine...
  
  .
• naartjie
  Naartjie
  A naartjie , or nartjie, is a soft loose-skinned South African citrus fruit....
  
  - orange-colored citrus fruit with separable segments and skin that is easily peeled (from Afrikaans), similar to a Tangerine
  Tangerine
  __notoc__The tangerine is an orange-colored citrus fruit which is closely related to the Mandarin orange . Taxonomically, it should probably be formally named as a subspecies or variety of Citrus reticulata; further work seems to be required to ascertain its correct scientific name...
  
   in Britain
• now now - idiomatically used to mean soon (sooner than just now in South Africa, but similar to just now in the United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
  )

O-R

• Rand
  South African rand
  The rand is the currency of South Africa. It takes its name from the Witwatersrand , the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where most of South Africa's gold deposits were found. The rand has the symbol "R" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c"...
  
  - currency, divided into 100 cent
  Cent (currency)
  In many national currencies, the cent is a monetary unit that equals 1⁄100 of the basic monetary unit. Etymologically, the word cent derives from the Latin word "centum" meaning hundred. Cent also refers to a coin which is worth one cent....
  
  s. The plural of rand is Rand, not Rands
• robot, robots - besides the standard meaning, in South Africa this is also used for traffic light
  Traffic light
  Traffic lights, which may also be known as stoplights, traffic lamps, traffic signals, signal lights, robots or semaphore, are signalling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings and other locations to control competing flows of traffic...
  
  s. The etymology of the word derives from a description of early traffic lights as robot policemen, which then got truncated with time.
• rondavel
  Rondavel
  A rondavel is a westernised version of the African-style hut.The rondavel is usually round or oval in shape and is traditionally made with materials that can be locally found in raw form. Its walls are often constructed from stones. The mortar may consist of sand, soil, or combinations of these,...
  
  - round free-standing building, usually with a thatched roof

S

• saami - a sandwich
  Sandwich
  A sandwich is a food item, typically consisting of two or more slices of :bread with one or more fillings between them, or one slice of bread with a topping or toppings, commonly called an open sandwich. Sandwiches are a widely popular type of lunch food, typically taken to work or school, or...
  
  
• samoosa - Indian samosa
  Samosa
  A samosa is a stuffed, deep fried,snack that is very popular in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Southwest Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa, North Africa and South Africa...
  
  
• shame - an exclamation denoting sympathy as in "shame, you poor thing, you must be cold"
• shebeen
  Shebeen
  A shebeen was originally an illicit bar or club where excisable alcoholic beverages were sold without a licence.The term has spread far from its origins in Ireland, to Scotland, Canada, the United States, England,...
  
  - illegal drinking establishment (also used in Scotland)
• shongololo - millipede
  Millipede
  Millipedes are arthropods that have two pairs of legs per segment . Each segment that has two pairs of legs is a result of two single segments fused together as one...
  
   (from Zulu
  Zulu language
  Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...
  
   and Xhosa
  Xhosa language
  Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...
  
  , ukushonga, to roll up)
• SMS - a text message sent via a mobile / cell phone.
• snackwich - a grilled cheese sandwich (made in a snackwich maker / snackwich machine)
• sosatie - a kebab
  Kebab
  Kebab is a wide variety of meat dishes originating in Middle East and later on adopted by the Middle East, and Asia Minor, and now found worldwide. In English, kebab with no qualification generally refers more specifically to shish kebab served on the skewer...
  
   on a stick
• spanspek - a cantaloupe
  Cantaloupe
  "Rockmelon" redirects here, for the band see Rockmelons. See also Cantaloupe .Cantaloupe refers to a variety of Cucumis melo, a species in the family Cucurbitaceae which includes nearly all melons and squashes. Cantaloupes range in size from...
  
   (from Afrikaans meaning: Spanish Bacon)
• spaza - an informal trading post/convenience store found in township
  Township
  The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area. However there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban...
  
  s and remote areas
• standard - besides other meanings referred to a school grade higher than grades 1 and 2 (now defunct)
• State President
  State President of South Africa
  State President, or Staatspresident in Afrikaans, was the title of South Africa's head of state from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic in 1961, and Queen Elizabeth II ceased to be head of state...
  
  - head of state between 1961 and 1994 - now known as President
• stiffy, stiffy disk - a 3.5 inch floppy disk, floppy is used exclusively for the old 5.25 inch or larger disks
• sucker - used for a popsicle
  Popsicle
  Popsicle is the most popular brand of ice pop in the United States and Canada. The first ice pop was created by accident in 1905 when 11-year-old Frank Epperson left a cup of soda on his porch in cold weather overnight. The next morning he went to go get the soda and it was frozen, so he put two...
  
   (frozen sucker), a lollipop
  Lollipop
  A lollipop, pop, lolly, sucker, or sticky-pop is a type of confectionery consisting mainly of hardened, flavored sucrose with corn syrup mounted on a stick and intended for sucking or licking. They are available in many flavors and shapes.- Types :Lollipops are available in a number of colors and...
  
  

T-Z

• takkies - sneakers, trainers
  Athletic shoe
  Athletic shoe is a generic name for the footwear primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise but in recent years has come to be used for casual everyday activities....
  
   (from Afrikaans tekkies)
• taxi - shared taxi (usually a minibus taxi
  Share taxi
  A share taxi is a mode of transport that falls between taxis and conventional buses. These informal vehicles for hire are found throughout the world. They are smaller than buses, and usually take passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, usually leaving when all seats are filled...
  
  ) as well as taxicab
  Taxicab
  A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...
  
  
• third force - agents provocateur having no official sanction from either the government or its opposition regardless of which one they consider themselves to be benefiting, used especially for alleged unknown provocateurs behind political unrest, their actions being described as third force activity
• toasted cheese - a grilled cheese sandwich, in contrast cheese on toast refers to unmelted cheese on toasted bread.
• township
  Township (South Africa)
  In South Africa, the term township and location usually refers to the urban living areas that, from the late 19th century until the end of Apartheid, were reserved for non-whites . Townships were usually built on the periphery of towns and cities...
  
  - large residential suburb lacking city infrastructure, in particular the areas allocated to non-white South Africans under apartheid
• veld
  Veld
  The term Veld refers primarily to the wide open rural spaces of South Africa or southern Africa and in particular to certain flatter areas or districts covered in grass or low scrub...
  
  - virgin bush, especially grassland or wide open rural spaces

See also

• List of South African slang words
• List of colloquial South African place names
• South African English
  South African English
  The term South African English is applied to the first-language dialects of English spoken by South Africans, with the L1 English variety spoken by Zimbabweans, Zambians and Namibians, being recognised as offshoots.There is some social and regional variation within South African English...