The power of stokvels: From saving circles to investment powerhousesHow a centuries-old African tradition is evolving into a sophisticated financial force and what it means for the future of community ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—When it first started in the 1970s, South Africa’s Market Theatre staged plays considered to be so subversive that it became a regular target of the apartheid government’s ...

For those who have long been flirting with the idea of homeownership, it seems like a splendid idea: a stokvel for buying property, where all members will end up with a title deed at some stage. The ...

First, refrain from making cash deposits on high-risk days, such as Monday after month-end. Second, ensure that persons depositing cash contributions or making withdrawals are accompanied by another ...

South Africa is seemingly sitting on an untapped economic driver estimated at R50 billion in the form of stokvels. The reason it remains untapped is a critical lack of digitisation, according to Himal ...

More than 1 200 social relief distress grant recipients in Evaton have pooled their R370 payments to become co-owners of a fully operational bakery, Isinkwa Sethu. The initiative, led by businessman ...

A Mzansi man has taken to TikTok to discuss the different types of stokvels he advises people to consider in 2026 The man listed the five stokvels and the purposes they are for, adding the times of ...

The Mercator map, first created in the 16th century, has long been the standard map used for navigation and education, but it stretches land masses farther from the equator. For example, Greenland ...

A day after 59 white South Africans were welcomed to America as refugees, more than 86,000 South African farmers — who are mostly white — are gathering this week at the NAMPO Harvest Day trade fair, ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...