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Deel Local Payroll started as PaySpace in a Johannesburg garage in 2002. Four founders came from a background in international payroll software and saw the same thing from inside the industry: the products were built on decades-old...
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Botswana's tax year runs from 1 July to 30 June, so the 2025/2026 tax tables came into effect on 1 July 2025. The most significant change is the top marginal rate increasing from 25% to 26.5%. The personal allowance (BWP 48,000 per year)...
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The cloud computing market keeps expanding for a simple reason: it works. Adopting cloud frees up IT budgets, delivers projects faster, and removes the capital outlay of owning infrastructure. For payroll and HR specifically, moving to the...
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When COVID-19 hit South Africa in 2020, the job market for payroll and HR professionals changed overnight. Companies froze hiring, retrenchments climbed, and skilled people found themselves out of work through no fault of their own. In...
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The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) took full effect in South Africa on 1 July 2021, after more than a year of grace period for organisations to get their house in order. Payroll and HR sit at the heart of POPIA compliance...
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Cloud payroll is talked about everywhere, but the term covers very different things, and the difference matters for compliance, security, and cost. This piece explains what true cloud payroll actually is. What “true cloud” means. True...
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