Payroll that respects Africa, your team and your time.
Cloud payroll with auto-run, WhatsApp payslip delivery, AI assistant and verifiable, country-accurate tax engines for South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini and Zimbabwe — for a fraction of what Sage or QuickBooks charge.
No card required. Free migration from Sage & SimplePay included.
Payroll Africa is a product of Payroll Africa Technologies (Pty) Ltd.
Trusted by employers across Africa
Numbers that speak for themselves.
68,547
Satisfied customers
51,045,457
Payslips generated
11,845,716
Leave requests processed
What's inside
Everything you need to pay people correctly.
SARS-aligned tax engine
Versioned PAYE, UIF & SDL calculations with tax-year configuration you can audit and verify.
Employees & self-service
Manage employees, bank, tax and recurring components. Employees view payslips in a secure portal.
Beautiful payslips
Printable, PDF-ready payslips with YTD totals, emailed or shared via WhatsApp portal links.
Auto payroll runs
Set it and forget it. Payroll runs automatically each month and sends via email or WhatsApp.
Bank payment files
One-click ACB/EFT files for Standard Bank, FNB, ABSA, Nedbank — no more manual beneficiary entry.
SARS EMP201 & IRP5
Generate ready-to-submit EMP201 PDFs and IRP5 CSVs for SARS e@syFile in seconds.
Xero integration (live)
One-click connect to Xero: auto-push payroll journals with your chart-of-accounts mapping. QuickBooks, Sage & Zoho coming soon.
AI assistant
Ask questions, bulk-edit line items, and let the assistant recalc payroll for you in seconds.
Tenant isolation & audit trail
Row-level security on every table, role-based access, append-only audit logs.
Mobile-first
Run payroll from a laptop, approve from your phone. Built responsive from the start.
Insights dashboard
KPIs, payroll calendar, compliance summary and expense trends at a glance.
Moving from Sage or SimplePay? We'll do the heavy lifting — free.
Export your employees, YTD balances and pay history from your current system. We'll import, reconcile and validate every cent so your first Payroll Africa run matches your last Sage or SimplePay payslip — down to the rand.
- Direct CSV import from Sage Payroll, SimplePay, PaySpace and Excel
- YTD PAYE, UIF and SDL balances preserved for tax certificates
- Guided by a real human — most migrations complete in under 24 hours
- No downtime — run parallel payrolls until you're ready to switch
Supported source systems
Sage Payroll
Sage 200/300 & VIP exports
SimplePay
Employee & payslip CSV
PaySpace
Payroll summary export
Excel / CSV
Any spreadsheet layout
Why switch
Payroll Africa vs the incumbents.
Modern cloud payroll shouldn't cost thousands or feel like it's from 2005.
Pricing
Pay only for what you use.
Slide to see your monthly cost. Every feature included — no tiers, no add-ons.
Employees you pay each month
10
Monthly total
ZAR 191.00
ZAR 19.00 / employee avg
All features included · No card required · Cancel anytime
Loved by SA teams
What customers say.
"We switched from Sage in a weekend. The tax engine matched to the cent, and the WhatsApp payslips saved us hours every month."
Nomsa Dube
Financial Manager, Umbono Logistics
"Auto-run is the killer feature. My payroll runs on the 25th while I'm on site — employees get their WhatsApp payslip before I even open my laptop."
Pieter van der Merwe
Owner, Cape Coastal Builders
"Sage quoted us R2 400 a month. Payroll Africa does more for less than a third of the price, and the support is human."
Thandiwe Nkosi
HR Lead, Bright Futures Academy
Run your next payroll on Payroll Africa.
30-day free trial. Bring your team and your tax certificates — we'll handle the rest.