Practical, vendor-neutral writing on debit orders, payment plans, and running a business with predictable revenue across South Africa. Written by the people who build Recurv and the operators using it.
Rental, insurance, late fees, access fees, size upgrades, most SA storage facilities bill these separately. See what changes when every charge runs on one variable-amount mandate.
CSOS and the STSMA set real expectations for how community schemes collect and record levies. See what an audit-ready collection trail looks like in practice.
Many bank rails require a R5,000+ monthly minimum or an annual commitment. See how a two-stream, no-minimum pricing model lets a 40-unit scheme and a 2,000-unit portfolio use the same rail.
Most SA schemes chase the same 10% of owners every month with a spreadsheet-built age analysis. See what changes when defaulters are visible in one pane before the AGM.
Most SA levy-collection rails lock a fixed amount. See how a variable-amount mandate lets HOAs and body corporates bill levies, special levies, and utility recovery on one signature.
At most SA schools the finance team uploads a debit-order batch every month, manual export, portal login, monitor, reconcile. See what changes when the system runs every month automatically.
Most SA debit-order providers blend the cost the school pays with the fee parents pay. See how a two-stream model gives the school the choice, and where the saving lands.
Not every parent will sign a debit order. See how recurring card collection lets SA schools offer parents the rail that fits, same automation, just different rails.
Most SA school finance teams spend 8 to 12 hours a month reconciling parent statements to debit-order results. See what changes when the pack writes itself and the team focuses on non-payers, not everyone.
A R30,000 grade tour as a lump-sum payment is unaffordable for many SA parents. See how schools offer monthly payment plans that raise participation and predictable cash flow.
Tuition, transport, activities, levies, trips, most SA schools invoice these on separate systems. See what changes when every fee runs on one variable-amount mandate.
Most SA fee-paying schools still onboard new parents with paper mandates posted home, signed, and returned. See what changes when parent sign-up is fully digital in 5 minutes.
