Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. flirting.

1969		Post letter 5 Oct. 5: Is love and ‘jolling’ the same thing? The answer is no ... Loving is permanent and ‘jolling’ temporary.
1988		Adams & Suttner William Str. 17: The other sister started jolling with the manager of the bioscope and they ran away together [DSAE].
1993		‘Jimbo’ [programme insert] Napac Jolling. Having an affair [DSAE].

2. merry-making, ‘partying’; also as adj.

1980		R. Govender Lahnees Pleasure 7: Saturday night! Jolling night! [DSAE].
1988		P. Gaines in Cosmopolitan May 177: The girls ... had lots to talk about. Parents, boyfriends, fashion, jolling — they all spoke the same language [DSAE].
2002		G. Evans Dancing Shoes is Dead 59: I loved [...] jolling at jazz events in the older African townships.