The four ways to handle household domestic admin.
Every household that decides to do this right picks one of four routes. Here they are, compared as categories, including who each one suits.
AskMandla, on WhatsApp
We process the registrations, run payday, send the payslips and keep the records. The whole thing lives in a WhatsApp chat, with Mandla answering questions as they come up. R450 once-off onboarding per worker, then R49 a month, month-to-month. The worker gets payslips, a UIF record and get-paid-early, free.
The other three routes below all leave the admin with you or price it for a business. This is the one built for a household that wants it done.
The three alternatives, compared honestly
Doing it yourself
What it is: uFiling, a contract template, your own diary for payday and declarations.
Suits you if: you enjoy admin, have the time monthly, and don’t mind government portals built for HR departments.
The catch: most households hit validation errors, miss a monthly declaration eventually, and the worker gets no payslip out of it.
An accountant or HR bureau
What it is: a professional does it, typically R500+ a month, designed for businesses with staff.
Suits you if: you already retain one for a business and can add the household to the pile.
The catch: business rates for one worker, office-hours support, and nothing built for the worker herself.
Traditional web-based platforms
What it is: a dashboard that generates payslips and reminds you what to file, you still do the filing and the paying.
Suits you if: you want cheap record-keeping and are happy doing uFiling yourself.
The catch: the admin is still yours. The tool records the work; it doesn’t do it.