The Savings Schemes Clubs (Stokvels) in South Africa

The Savings Schemes Clubs (Stokvels) in South Africa

The Stokvels as an informal way to finance black entrepreneurship in South Africa

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Apartheid in South Africa saw the accumulation of massive amounts of resources for the minority populations which largely left the majority populations (Africans) at the sharp edges of subsistence. However, a strong economic solidarity developed amongst Africans who started and currently still sustain, some savings schemes clubs/rotating savings and credit associations known as ROSCAs (stokvels) where members contribute fixed sums of money to a central fund on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis. Their popularity in South Africa is apparently attributed to the legacy of apartheid where almo...