Boy from South Africa leaves, perhaps? (5)
I believe the answer is:
salad
'leaves perhaps?' is the definition.
(salad leaves)
'boy from south africa' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'boy' could be 'sal' and 'sal' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ad' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for salad that I've seen before include "Raw greens, mainly" , "Raw vegetable dish" , "Cold dish of veg and herbs" , "Cold dish of various vegetables," , "healthy food" .)