Will peace reign this motshelo season?
Friday, December 11, 2015
Motshelo members often battle over the rationing of pooled savings
The book is the record of contributions, loans out and repayments in, carefully kept through the year and prepared for this very moment – the sharing of the dividends when members find out how much their contributions have earned for them.
However, 2015 was not a normal year and many treasurers are finding themselves in a bind. The absence of a significant wage increase, coupled with the cumulative effect of inflation from previous years as well as the slow down in bank credit, has meant trouble for many financial metshelo.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...