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Noun
motshelo (plural metshelo)
- (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.
- Hypernym: ROSCA
2002, Botswana Notes and Records, volume 34, page 93:Also include are different forms of motshelo (pooling and mutual support), mahodisano (draw-wages clubs), and stokvels (fund-raising through food and drink sales).
2012, Kutlwano, page 15: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.
2018 January 26, Kgosietsile Ngakaagae, “Of Khama’s gifts and sex dolls”, in Mmegi Online: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.
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