Zenzele, noun

/zenˈzeːle/
Forms:
Also Zensele, and with small initial.
Origin:
See zenzele verb intransitive.
The quality of self-reliance; a name used to designate self-help organizations and schemes, and practices intended to promote self-reliance in a variety of fields.
1952 M.H. Xuma in Drum Sept. 10I’ve been running Zenzele (Do-It-Yourself) clubs for African women on the Rand for the past 11 years.
1977 Daily Dispatch 5 Sept. 7A call to women to use their latent power to gain legal, political and economic rights was made by Mrs Helen Suzman..at the triennial conference of the Federation of Women of South Africa (Zenzele).
1986 Drum Feb. 21As a trained diviner I want to do more research on modern and traditional healing methods. That is why I insist that we must inculcate a spirit of zenzele, do it yourself.
1989 Grocott’s Mail 31 Jan. 5Self-help Zensele-type housing could be erected.
The quality of self-reliance; a name used to designate self-help organizations and schemes, and practices intended to promote self-reliance in a variety of fields.
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