Understanding the value of stokvels for women

DR SHEETAL BHOOLASouth African women have constantly been challenged by both racial discrimination and gender prejudices in the workplace and formal economy. In lieu of Women’s Month, we acknowledge the multiple hurdles women have overcome and challenged, as well as the ways in which they collectively assisted each other.Many children have memories of their South African mothers, aunties and grandmothers meeting now and then with other women on a bimonthly or monthly basis. Eventually, some of us understood that the basis of these meetings was not about sharing love and food, but instead…