News & Features Archives

How to keep your stokvel money safe this festive season?

by Carol MohlalaNews & FeaturesNovember 18, 2020December 7, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes As most stokvel members plan to cash in their yearly savings, members of these stokvels mustn’t lose their hard-earned savings. The South African Police Service in January on 2020 had…

The festive season made to cost a little less by grocery stokvels

by Carol MohlalaNews & FeaturesNovember 16, 2020December 7, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes There is a wide range of stokvel models and grocery stokvels are one of the most popular models. This is why Devland Cash and Carry focuses on shared buying…

Turning your stokvel into a cooperative

by Carol MohlalaNews & FeaturesOctober 28, 2020November 18, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes Stokvel Talk spoke to Sizwe Twala, from the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) he explained that Co-operatives are different from any other businesses, as they aim to further both the…

National undertakers strike yields positives for the sector

by Carol MohlalaNews & FeaturesOctober 28, 2020November 18, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Funeral services were disrupted countrywide from the 14th to the 16th of September. This followed a call for a total shutdown of services by a number of funeral associations until…

Isondo Farmers is transforming the poultry farming industry

by Carol MohlalaNews & FeaturesOctober 28, 2020November 11, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes The chicken industry, especially the broiler sector, has progressed from being fragmented and locally oriented, into something that is highly efficient and increasingly supplying customers nationwide. The poultry farming sector…

Stokvels become a vehicle for business finance

by James MotlhapingNews & FeaturesSeptember 15, 2020October 1, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Stokvels help finance businesses for many women More women are moving into business, yet incredibly hard for the female business owners to access start-up capital. Stokvels and savings clubs are…

Mofolo Soup Kitchen is providing for the community

by James MotlhapingNews & FeaturesSeptember 8, 2020September 25, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes The adverse effects of the COVID novel Since the lockdown, many families have no income for food and other personal needs. Although the government introduced measures to ensure that people…

Saving your money where there is value

by James MotlhapingNews & FeaturesAugust 26, 2020September 25, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes COVID-19 novel propels people to save The COVID-19 pandemic has made it more pressing than ever for people to have savings in place, especially for the hardships that people are…

Stokvels are empowering for black women

by Terrie HlongwaneNews & FeaturesAugust 25, 2020August 31, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Growing up in the township or any village, weekends were synonymous with seeing older women wearing their stokvel uniform, either for a burial stokvel or their monthly “kitchen party stokvel”…

Women-led business empowers community

by James MotlhapingNews & FeaturesAugust 22, 2020September 25, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Female representation in business In South Africa and other parts of the world, women continue to bear the brunt of poverty and unemployment. They’re less likely to own a business,…

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