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It's a loan word form the Zulu "ibhabhalazi", used to describe the effects of a night's drinking..

babelas (zulu origin)
pronounced as written: ba-ba-las

Meaning:
A hangover.

"I have a babalas today after last getting vrot last night on amarula!"

PS -
you have not lived until you have experienced a babalas at babalala

Jou Gat man!
pronounced - Yoh (as in hip hop slang) Gat (with the German rough GGGG sound) man (same as english)
Yoh-Gat-man

Meaning:

Some of my favourites are:

I threw him with a brick which hit his one leg and hurt his one eye. Instead of I threw a brick at him which hit one of his legs and injured one of his eyes.
Another: I only eat porridge. So this person does nothing else. It should be I eat only porridge. This misuse of the word only does not apply only to Saffies but to many other countries as well.

OWN when do we proceed to "B"?

kiekie ?

Kiekie
pronounced : kicky

Meaning:
A photo.

"Jislaaik, but that's a lekker kiekie of that giraffe!"

Thanks Porridge

How about bioscope????
or Bredie?

Bioscope

This is actually the name of the very early film projector from the early 20th century, and South Africans adopted the word in order to describe a cinema. It's usage persists amongst the older SAers.

Bredie

a traditional Southern African dish consisting of a stew of meat (typically mutton) and vegetables. (Possibly from the Portuguese bredo)

You'll often hear Afrikaans people calling it MOERBYKOS.

Literally means "throw together everything within reach food".

One of the most delightful Afrikaans expressions I have encountered is "vloermoer" (kid throwing a tantrum)

Saffies call them Traffic circles the Uk bunch call them round abouts ..
Gogga ....... any type of Kreepy crawly
gogo A granny in Zulu.
Oom and Tannie Afrikaans children seldom call older people Mr Mrs or miss so and so . its oom( uncle) and Tannie ( aunty)

I also love the term a Mik & Druk Camera!

Generally its a very basic type of camera, no fancy dials or anything like that.

I guess you could call it a Point and shoot!

Afrikaans has some delightful words or expressions that English cannot do justice to.

Take gatvol for instance, meaning more than thoroughly fed up.

I guttral g, (as per usual) - like cat, foll, as in follow.

Then snotklap. What you would like to do to the kid doing a vloermoer (as per billyf previously) when his parents think it is cute. Pronounced as you see it.