How does payday work with AskMandla?

You top up your AskMandla wallet by the 22nd, covering the salary, UIF amounts and the R49 fee. The worker is paid by EFT on the 25th and receives her payslip on WhatsApp.

For employers

The simple, trusted way to employ a domestic worker.

Q: Is it too late to start if my domestic worker has been with us for years?

No. AskMandla onboards long-standing working relationships every day. The contract reflects the real start of the relationship, and any UIF that was missed can be caught up from her start date, with every month declared so it counts for her.

Q: Am I locked into a contract with AskMandla?

No. R49 per worker per month, month-to-month, cancel anytime.

Whether you’re taking someone on or you’ve had the same person for years, AskMandla carries the contract, UIF, COIDA and monthly payslips for you, without you ever depending on broken government systems. You chat, we do the rest.

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Prefer to sign up online? See our online sign-up options

Month-to-month · cancel anytime · no card to start a conversation

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Prefer things old school?

Sign up online, and we’ll email you your next steps

Not keen on WhatsApp? Use one of our web forms instead. It’s the same AskMandla team and the same service. When you submit, we email you a confirmation, and our team gets in touch from info@askmandla.com with what happens next.

Full monthly service

Online sign-up form

Your worker’s contract, payroll, payslips and UIF, handled every month. You add your details and your worker’s, upload your ID and proof of address, and each worker gets their own link to add theirs.

About 10 minutes · Saves as you go · R49 a month per worker, plus R450 once-off onboarding per worker

After you submit: we email you a copy of what you sent, and our team contacts you to finish your set-up.

Start the online sign-up

Once-off

UIF registration

Just the UIF registration for your worker, done on the official UI-8 and UI-19 forms, for when the Department’s uFiling website won’t let you register.

About 10 minutes · R450 once-off · Pay only at the end

After you submit: you get your Certificate of Application by email, and updates until your UIF reference number arrives.

Start your UIF registration

Rather chat? Sort it on WhatsApp

Before

A folder somewhere. A contract you meant to draft. UIF you’d Google “next month”. A nagging feeling every payday.

After

A signed contract. UIF and COIDA admin processed. Payday on the 25th with a payslip on their WhatsApp. A record if anyone ever asks.

Frequently asked questions

They’ve been with us for years. Is it too late to start?

No. We onboard long-standing working relationships every day. The contract reflects the real start of the relationship, and any UIF that was missed can be caught up from her start date, with every month declared so it counts for her (UIF back pay). Starting late is far better than another year informal.

What if they don’t want to be “on the system”?

Most workers want this once they see what it gives them: a payslip, UIF in their name, proof of income for a bank or landlord. Share the worker page with them, it’s written for them.

Am I locked into anything?

R49 per worker per month, month-to-month. Cancel anytime. The employment relationship itself follows the BCEA, that law already applies to every household, with or without us.

Will registering get me inspected?

Registering is what puts you right. Inspections happen to households with no records; with AskMandla your contract, UIF admin and payslips are exactly what an inspector asks to see.

How does payday actually work?

You top up your AskMandla wallet by the 22nd, enough for their salary, the UIF amounts and our R49. They are paid by EFT on the 25th and get their payslip on WhatsApp. If your own salary only lands on the 25th, we set payday to the 1st instead, one reliable payment either way.

See it in action

How it works →

The three steps and the monthly rhythm, start to steady-state.

What you get →

Everything included at R49.

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Are you a small business?

Cafes, shops, guesthouses and small teams run the same admin, without an HR department. We do that too.

AskMandla for business