Skip to content
Bosberaaad
  • Software
  • Categories
  • Compare
  • Guides
  • About
List your software

Let’s work it out

Get in TouchList Your Software
Bosberaaad

South Africa's independent business software guide. Clear comparisons, local compliance checks and prices in rand.

South AfricaBaviaans Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

Knysna StEastern Cape 6445+27 78 083 9764hello@bosberaaad.co.za

Browse

  • All software
  • Categories
  • Compare products
  • Buying guides
  • Search

Company

  • About us
  • Contact
  • How we rate
  • Newsletter
  • List your software

Legal

  • Terms of use
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Affiliate disclosure
  • PAIA manual
  • Accessibility

©2026 Bosberaaad. South Africa's independent business software guide.

Bosberaaad

  1. Home
  2. Guides

Buying guides

Read before you commit the budget

Buying guides, compliance explainers and the practical detail that decides whether a purchase works out.

All guidesBuying guideComplianceEditorialOpinionPractical
01
Compliance02 Jul 2026·3 min read

VAT201: what your accounting software has to get right

The VAT201 is where accounting software either saves you time or quietly creates work. Here is what to test before you commit to a package.

Kanizan Hassan

02
Compliance18 Jun 2026·3 min read

POPIA and your business software: what actually applies

Every vendor claims POPIA compliance. Here is what the Act actually requires of the systems you buy, and the questions that separate a real answer from a marketing one.

Kinza Shahzad

03
Compliance03 Jun 2026·2 min read

ETI: the calculation your payroll system must get right

The Employment Tax Incentive is worth real money and the calculation is fiddly. Here is how it works and how to check your payroll is doing it correctly.

Haseeba bibi

04
Compliance20 May 2026·3 min read

BCEA leave rules and why imported HR software gets them wrong

Annual, sick and family responsibility leave under the BCEA, and the specific configuration failures that produce wrong balances in international HR systems.

Haseeba bibi

05
Compliance22 Apr 2026·2 min read

SARS eFiling integration: which accounting packages actually connect

The difference between software that produces a VAT201 report and software that submits one, and what that difference costs across a year.

Kanizan Hassan