Traffic lights are called robots
A thank you is normally responded to with "It's a pleasure" or just
"Pleasure" - it always sounds so nice!
"just now" means soon
"Cheers" is the greeting many people give when they leave the office
or say good-by.
Nurses are called sisters (male nurses are informally called
'misters')
(My personal favorite in the systems' world), Servers 'fall over', as
opposed to 'crashing'
Phones are not considered 'busy' when in use. Rather, they are
'engaged'.
When reciting a number in which one of the numbers repeats, such as
8224, it is said with the prefix 'double' as in 'double two'.
Eight double two four. Triple is also used. But 2222 would be 'double
two, double two'.
Weg and Str mean street or way.
When driving, if a faster car approaches behind you, move left into
the shoulder to let them overtake you. (Oh how I wish cars would do
that over here!!)
Rugby and Cricket are as popular and fanatical as Football and
Baseball in the US, and Soccer throughout the world.
Think nothing of seeing a truck with a rear bed full of people from
nearby townships on the highways going to work (or to find work).
Also very common especially on secondary roads are people (usually women)
carrying anything from a basket of food to a large piece of luggage (and
I mean the large kind with wheels) on their heads.
See how many more endearing/thought provoking phrases, sights or customs
you see in SA!