🌍 South African SMEs · Built from the ground up

We Help You
Build &
Grow

"From the ground up"

Yakhisa gives South African SMEs the automation, bookkeeping, compliance, and marketing systems they need to operate like professional businesses, starting where the need is greatest and remaining accessible to every small business in South Africa.

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6
Service Pillars
R900
Starting From
SA
Built for Every SME
✅ WhatsApp Automation · 📊 Finance & Reporting · 📱 Social Media (FB · IG · TikTok) · ⚖️ Compliance · 🌐 Online Presence
The Name

What Yakhisa Means

Yakhisa

From the Zulu verb ukwakha, meaning "to build." With the causative suffix -isa, it becomes "to help someone build" or "to cause to build." It speaks to empowerment, upliftment, and enabling others to grow.

Language: Zulu / Nguni, deeply rooted in South African culture

Meaning: "We help you build", perfectly aligned with serving small businesses

Feel: Bold, proud, memorable. Carries a community and empire energy

Uniqueness: Completely original. No other business found worldwide with this name

What We Do

Your Complete Business
Management Package

You don't pick and choose. You get everything included in one affordable monthly package, built specifically for your type of business.

⚙️
Process Automation
Stop doing admin manually. We automate your WhatsApp replies, payment reminders, appointment confirmations, and monthly reports, so you get your time back.
💰
Finance & Reporting
We set up bookkeeping, track your income and expenses, generate professional invoices, and deliver a monthly financial summary straight to your WhatsApp.
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Customer Communication
Professional WhatsApp Business setup with automated greetings, quick replies, and broadcast lists. Siyakusiza. Your customers always feel looked after.
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Compliance Management
We track every CIPC, SARS, health, liquor licence, and DSD deadline for your business, with automated reminders 30, 14, and 7 days before each due date.
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Marketing & Social Media
We manage your Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp Business, creating 8–12 professional posts per month, running campaigns, and growing your audience.
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Online Presence
We build your website, set up your Google Business listing so you appear on Maps, and make sure customers can find and contact you instantly online.
The Process

How Yakhisa Works

From first conversation to fully running systems. We get you set up fast.

1
WhatsApp Us
Send us a message. We ask you 5 questions about your business and its biggest pain points.
2
We Build Your Package
Within 24 hours we send you a custom service proposal tailored to your industry and needs.
3
Onboarding Call
30-minute call to set everything up: WhatsApp Business, Google listing, finance tracker, compliance calendar.
4
We Run It Monthly
You run your business. We handle the systems. Monthly reports land in your WhatsApp on the 1st of every month.
Who We Serve

Industry Solutions

We do not offer a one-size-fits-all package. Every industry gets a solution built specifically for its pain points, compliance needs, and growth opportunities, for every South African SME, wherever you are.

🏫
Now Available
Crèche / ECD Centre
Early Childhood Development businesses
  • ✓ Automated WhatsApp fee reminders to parents
  • ✓ DSD compliance calendar & deadline alerts
  • ✓ Digital attendance tracking via Google Sheets
  • ✓ Monthly income & fee report to your WhatsApp
  • ✓ Facebook & Instagram managed for new enrolments
  • ✓ One-page website with enrolment contact button
from R900 /month
See Crèche Packages
🍺
Now Available
Tavern / Liquor Business
Taverns & licensed shebeens
  • ✓ Daily cash sales tracking via WhatsApp
  • ✓ Liquor licence renewal reminders (60/30/14 days)
  • ✓ Basic stock management with low-stock alerts
  • ✓ Facebook event posts & specials marketing
  • ✓ WhatsApp VIP broadcast list for loyal regulars
  • ✓ Google Business listing + branded website
from R900 /month
See Tavern Packages
💇
Now Available
Hair Salon / Beauty
Salons, barbers, braiders & beauty studios
  • ✓ WhatsApp appointment booking automation
  • ✓ Appointment reminders 24 hours before visits
  • ✓ Automated re-engagement after 4 weeks
  • ✓ Before & after social media content
  • ✓ Birthday messages & loyalty rewards
  • ✓ Google Business listing for "salon near me"
from R900 /month
See Salon Packages
🌯
Now Available
Kota Place / Food Business
Kota spots, food stalls & street food businesses
  • ✓ WhatsApp digital menu: customers browse and order via WhatsApp
  • ✓ Daily cash & order tracking via WhatsApp
  • ✓ Food handler certificate & health compliance reminders
  • ✓ Instagram reels & Facebook posts for daily specials
  • ✓ Ingredient stock tracker with low-stock alerts
  • ✓ Google Business listing for "kota near me" searches
from R900 /month
See Food Business Packages
And Many More

We serve every type of South African SME. Tap your industry below to WhatsApp us and we'll build your custom package.

🛒 Spaza Shops 🍽️ Catering 🔧 Auto Repair 👗 Clothing Boutiques 🏥 Clinics & Herbalists ✨ Other

👆 Tap your industry to WhatsApp us directly

Packages & Pricing

Affordable Plans for
Every Stage of Growth

All packages include POS-integrated transaction recording and a once-off setup fee of R1,500. No hidden costs. Cancel anytime. All prices include VAT.

Starter
Get Connected
Perfect to get your systems in place
R900/month
+ R1,500 once-off setup fee
  • ✓ WhatsApp Business professional setup
  • ✓ Automated greeting & away messages
  • ✓ Compliance calendar & deadline alerts
  • ✓ Google Business Profile listing
  • ✓ POS-integrated daily transaction recording
  • ✓ Monthly income & expense summary to WhatsApp
  • ✓ Monthly check-in call
  • ✗ Social media management
  • ✗ Custom website
Start with Starter
⭐ Most Popular
Growth
Build Your Brand
For businesses ready to be seen
R1,200/month
+ R1,500 once-off setup fee
  • ✓ Everything in Starter
  • ✓ 8–12 social media posts per month
  • ✓ Facebook, Instagram & TikTok management
  • ✓ Bi-weekly income & expense report to WhatsApp
  • ✓ Basic income & expense categorisation
  • ✓ Monthly analytics report
  • ✓ WhatsApp broadcast lists
  • ✓ Customer database setup
  • ✗ Custom website
Get Growth Package
Full Management
Run Your Empire
Complete business-in-a-box solution
R1,800/month
+ R1,500 once-off setup fee
  • ✓ Everything in Growth
  • ✓ Full bookkeeping: categorised income & expense tracking
  • ✓ POS data reconciliation & audit trail
  • ✓ Monthly financial summary report
  • ✓ Invoice generation & tracking
  • ✓ One-page custom website
  • ✓ SARS compliance support
  • ✓ Priority WhatsApp support
  • ✓ Quarterly business review call
Get Full Management

Packages start from R900/month. Contact us for a custom quote tailored to your industry. 💬

Client Stories

What Our Clients Say

"Before Yakhisa, I was chasing parents for fees every month on my personal WhatsApp. Now the reminders go out automatically and parents pay on time. I can focus on the children."

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Mama Thandi
Sunshine Crèche, Soweto

"I never knew how much money was coming in and going out. Now every Monday I get a WhatsApp with my week summary. I finally feel like a proper business owner."

👨🏾
Bra Sipho
Sipho's Place, Tembisa

"My Facebook page now has real followers and people DM us about events. Yakhisa created our Heritage Day flyer and we had the busiest weekend ever. Worth every rand."

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Ntombi M.
Ntombi's Tavern, Katlehong
YakhiSA
To Help Someone
Build
"Siyakusiza"
Starting from
R900
Your business, professionally run.
Our Story

From the Ground Up.
Built for All.

Yakhisa was born out of a simple observation: the hardest-working business owners in our communities (the crèche principals, the tavern owners, the spaza shop entrepreneurs) are being left behind by technology that was never designed for them.

Yakhisa is co-founded by Yashinta Masiu and Zandile Masiu, a partnership built on a shared belief that South African SMEs deserve the same professional tools as any enterprise. We saw the gap and built the solution together.

Our mission is clear: help South African SMEs operate like professional enterprises, starting where the need is greatest, and building outward. When the systems work for the most overlooked businesses, they work for everyone.

Ubuntu
Simplicity
Affordability
Community First
Integrity
Results-Driven
Our Founders

Built by People Who Believe in SMEs

Yakhisa is co-founded by Yashinta Masiu and Zandile Masiu, a partnership committed to giving South African SMEs the tools they need to grow.

Yashinta Masiu
Yashinta Masiu
Co-founder
Zandile Masiu
Zandile Masiu
Co-founder

📍 Based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Building for SMEs across the country.

Get in Touch

Ready to Build?
Let's Talk.

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Reach Yakhisa

We're a WhatsApp-first business. The fastest way to reach us is a direct message. We respond on the same day.

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WhatsApp (Fastest)
+27 65 830 2870
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Email
info@yakhisa.co.za
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Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Hours
Mon–Sat, 08:00–18:00
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