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Natasha Daniels
Admin Manager
12 February 2026
Does the statutory heavy lifting well and the everyday conveniences poorly. New payroll staff need proper training, it does not hold your hand. The update instructions read like they were written for the IT department we do not have.
Cons
Training needed for new payroll staff
Hennie Naicker
Payroll Administrator
15 May 2026
It calculates everything correctly, it just is not always pleasant getting there. Everything lives on one machine so remote payroll means remote desktop.
Pros
Leave, loans and garnishees all handled
Cons
Year end update process is a ritual
Jaco Naidoo
Owner · Legacy Tours Group
15 October 2024
I am not a payroll specialist by training and I manage fine. Staff get paid, SARS gets its numbers, I get my evenings. Recommended.
Pros
ETI calculated correctly
Nomsa Fortuin
10 February 2025
As the only admin person in a Johannesburg firm, I need payroll that does not fight me. The reports menu has an answer for everything the auditors have ever asked.
Pros
Payslips email directly to staff; gL journals post into Pastel accounting
Elmarie Smith
HR Manager · Drakensberg Hardware Supplies
6 July 2026
We are a seasonal employer, staff numbers double at harvest, and it just handles it. The GL integration posts salary journals into Pastel accounting automatically. The reports menu has an answer for everything the auditors have ever asked.
Pros
Payslips email directly to staff; handles weekly, fortnightly and monthly runs
Cons
Training needed for new payroll staff
Sarah Oosthuizen
Accountant
5 July 2026
After 2 years I have made peace with its quirks. The interface is pure desktop nostalgia and not in a charming way.
Kevin Damon
HR Manager · Damon Logistics Holdings
15 June 2025
As the only admin person in a Somerset West firm, I need payroll that does not fight me. Leave balances finally match reality because everything is captured in one place.
Pros
ETI calculated correctly; discount when bundled with Pastel accounting
Dineo Perumal
Golden City Tours
1 November 2024
Happy with the payroll, tired of the annual admin around it. Everything lives on one machine so remote payroll means remote desktop.
Cons
Tied to one machine without hosting
Elna Oosthuizen
Highveld Drilling Works
29 July 2024
The annual update process finally broke me this year. The February queue for support means your year end problem waits behind everyone else's.
Cons
Support cannot resolve its own error messages
Mandla Brown
Payroll Administrator
11 May 2026
I have processed payroll on this since before some of my staff finished school. It caters up to 500 employees on one licence so we have headroom for years.
Cons
Needs SMTP setup for emailing payslips
Byron Pretorius
HR and Payroll Officer
27 March 2025
The bank file exports for Capitec and the whole wage run pays out in one go. Loan balances and savings deductions carry forward correctly month after month. My successor will inherit it and thank me.
Pros
Termination calculations are reliable
Cons
Year end update process is a ritual
Elna Mokoena
Office Manager · Winelands Steel Supplies
27 February 2025
A good product that Sage clearly wants you to outgrow. Support in tax season means long waits, plan your questions early. Emailing payslips needed SMTP fiddling that took our consultant an hour.
Pros
EMP501 export works perfectly with e@syFile; bulk increases are quick
Cons
Support waits get long in tax season
Candice Mahlangu
Owner · Garden Route Packaging Holdings
9 September 2024
I am not a payroll specialist by training and I manage fine. Payslips email out to staff automatically, no more envelope stuffing on the 25th. Boring in the best possible way.
Pros
EMP501 export works perfectly with e@syFile
Wayne Williams
Owner · Vereeniging Construction
18 June 2025
After 2 years I have made peace with its quirks. The year end update is an annual ritual of downloads, codes and crossed fingers.
Pros
EMP201 figures straight off a report
Cons
Needs SMTP setup for emailing payslips
Sanjay Khumalo
HR Administrator
14 June 2025
Leave, loans, garnishees, union deductions, it all fits into the payslip cleanly. Loan balances and savings deductions carry forward correctly month after month.
Pros
ETI calculated correctly; iRP5 and IT3a certificates in a few clicks
Cons
No employee self service
Shireen Zulu
Accountant
17 May 2025
Payday here is sacred and this system has never once made us late. Termination payouts with leave encashment calculate correctly first time. It has earned its licence fee every single February.
Pros
One licence covers up to 500 employees; bank files for all the major SA banks
Cons
Year end update process is a ritual
Elmarie Abrahams
Accountant · Abrahams Agri Works
2 May 2025
Does the statutory heavy lifting well and the everyday conveniences poorly. The interface is pure desktop nostalgia and not in a charming way.
Pros
One licence covers up to 500 employees
Busisiwe Fourie
Financial Director · Fourie Trading Group
26 April 2025
I have processed payroll on this since before some of my staff finished school. You can rerun and check a payslip before committing, which has saved me twice. For desktop payroll with local backup, this is still the benchmark.
Pros
One licence covers up to 500 employees
Cons
Annual licence model, no monthly option
Ebrahim Erasmus
Owner · Impala Distributors
1 April 2025
Leave, loans, garnishees, union deductions, it all fits into the payslip cleanly. It caters up to 500 employees on one licence so we have headroom for years. Would recommend to any SA employer with real payroll complexity.
Pros
IRP5 and IT3a certificates in a few clicks
Imraan Tshabalala
Financial Director · Mbombela Supplies Supplies
23 February 2025
Good dependable payroll that shows its age at every login. Emailing payslips needed SMTP fiddling that took our consultant an hour. The 20 percent discount for having Pastel accounting made the renewal easier to swallow.
Pros
Payslips email directly to staff; termination calculations are reliable
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