Motshelo

Quick meaning: Motshelo is a noun meaning (Botswana) A communal fund to which each member contributes an agreed-upon amount, which is then given periodically to a rotating member of the group.

Meaning

(Botswana) A communal fund to which each member contributes an agreed-upon amount, which is then given periodically to a rotating member of the group.

Example Sentences

Also include are different forms of motshelo (pooling and mutual support), mahodisano (draw-wages clubs), and stokvels (fund-raising through food and drink sales).

If same were voluntary, why don’t they just open a motshelo account, tell the poor cops and soldiers the account number and we see what they get at the end of it all.

Men naturally are people who do not have many events to celebrate in a year as compared to their female counterparts who have kitchen top ups, baby showers, metshelo (fund-raising clubs), among others.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mophato, mutual, mephato, motser, mone, mekoro.

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