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- Alex - Alexandra, township to the north of Johannesburg
- Bloem - Bloemfontein
- Borders - The Eastern Cape area, near East London
- Durbs, Thekwini - Durban
- Eastern Province - Eastern Cape
- Free State - originally short for Orange Free State, now official name for Free State Province
- Jo'burg, Jozi, Joeys, eGoli - Johannesburg
- Maritzburg - Pietermaritzburg
- Mzansi - South Africa (uMzantsi is Xhosa for 'south')
- Mother City - Cape Town
- Moz - Mozambique
- Nam - Namibia
- Toti - Amanzimtoti, (resort town outside Durban)
- PE, Baai - Port Elizabeth. "Ek gaan Baai toe" is Afrikaans for "I'm going to Port Elizabeth". From "Algoabaai" (Algoabay).
- Plett - Plettenberg Bay
- 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
- Vingo - Masvingo in Zimbabwe
- Western Province - Western Cape
- Zim - Zimbabwe (Zimbabweans call South Africa 'South')