Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(S.Afr.) the female companion of a township dandy; also attrib.

[1982		(ref. to 1940s–50s) D. Bikitsha in Rand Daily Mail 14 Oct. (Eve.) 5: A woman [in a South African township of the 1940s and 1950s] went by such titles: moll, cherrie [...] , shows, [...] and others [DSAE]].
1984		M. Mthethwa in Frontline July 29: Pantsulas and Mshozas take great pride in their expensive clothes. Lizard-skin shoes and purses, cashmere pullovers and cardigans, leather coats, jackets and berets are top with them [DSAE].
1986		H. Prendini in Style Nov. 191: The pantsula’s female counterpart is the mshoza [...] A certain style of pleated skirt [...] is such typical mshoza gear that Arthur Mzozoyana breaks into a huge laugh as he describes it:... ‘It’s just so mshoza!’ [DSAE].
2004		G. Ansell Soweto Blues 138: Their [i.e. pantsula’s] girlfriends, called mshoza, favoured pleated skirts and berets.