List of colloquial South African place names
- List of colloquial South African place names
*"Alex" - Alexandra, township to the northeast of Johannesburg
*"Arniston" - Waenhuiskrans
*"Bloem" - Bloemfontein
*"Borders" - The Eastern Cape area, near East London, due to its location between the Bantustans of Transkei and Ciskei
*"Durbs", "Thekwini" - Durban
*"Eastern Province" - Eastern Cape¿
*"Free State" - originally short for Orange Free State, now official name for Free State Province
*"Graafies" - Graaff Reinet
*"The G-Spot" - Grahamstown
*"Jo'burg", "Jozi", "Joeys", "eGoli" - Johannesburg
*"Kaap", "Cape" - Cape Town. As in "Ek gaan Kaap toe" (I am going to the Cape). From the Afrikaans name for Cape Town, Kaapstad
*"Keurbooms" - Keurboomstrand
*"King" - King William's Town
*"Maritzburg" - Pietermaritzburg
*"Mas Vegas" - Masvingo
*"Mzansi" - South Africa ("uMzantsi" is Xhosa for 'south')
*"Mother City" - Cape Town
*"Moz" - Mozambique
*"Nam" - Namibia
*"Toti" or "Amanzimtexas" - Amanzimtoti, (resort town outside Durban)
*"PE, Baai" - Port Elizabeth. "Ek gaan Baai toe" is Afrikaans for "I'm going to Port Elizabeth". From "Algoabaai" (Algoa Bay).
*"Plett" - Plettenberg Bay
*"Portese" - Potgietersrus
*"Potch" - Potchefstroom
*"PTA" - Pretoria
*"RSA" - Republic of South Africa
*"Slummies" - East London
*"TBVC states" - Collective term for the homelands Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei under apartheid "(now defunct)"
*"Vaal" - The Transvaal
*"Western Province" - Western Cape
*"Zim" - Zimbabwe "(Zimbabweans call South Africa 'South')"
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