Controlled pilot preparation South Africa first country pack
WageRun

Payroll operations for real shifts and real deadlines

Run wages.
Keep the proof.

WageRun brings variable-hours capture, deterministic payroll, exact close states and guided fair-process records into one South African operating system.

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Pre-launch programme. The website does not accept payroll data, approve runs or submit returns.

Illustrative weekly run WR · 0148
  1. Hours capturedRunSheet · 8 workers · source retained
    Recorded
  2. Changes reviewed2 items need a named person
    Action
  3. Run approvalHuman approval is required
    Locked
  4. External closeSubmission, acceptance and payment stay separate
    Unavailable
Rule of the run No evidence, no completed status.
DeterministicCode calculates money
Human approvedPeople decide pay and employment outcomes
Evidence ledEvery external state needs its own receipt
South Africa firstCountry depth before geographic breadth

One operating path

From messy input to a close you can inspect.

WageRun is designed around the hand-offs where payroll usually loses context: source input, named approval, official submission and proof of the result.

RunSheet

Collect the hours in the shape people already have.

WhatsApp Flows, spreadsheets, voice notes, photos and approved integrations become a structured draft. Source material and field provenance stay attached.

  • Low-confidence fields remain blocked
  • Employee input needs owner or manager confirmation
  • No extracted value reaches calculation unseen

One platform, four operating views

Broad by design. Bounded by evidence.

01

Operator

Employer-side payroll review and approval, designed around WhatsApp and an exact close case.

For owners 02

Books

Multi-client queues, delegation, migration checks and evidence-led close operations.

For bookkeepers 03

Rails

Versioned South African payroll and compliance infrastructure for embedded partners.

For partners 04

Shield

Guided fair-process workflows, worker response and a source-linked chronology.

See Shield

The boundary is part of the product

AI prepares. Code calculates. People approve.

WageRun is being built for payroll and labour-process work where a plausible answer is not enough. Every authority stays explicit.

AIExtracts, classifies and explainsNever becomes calculation or employment authority
EngineCalculates inside an approved envelopeCannot run in production before the signed rules gate
PersonApproves pay and makes employment decisionsIdentity, role and evidence remain attached
ProviderReturns the external acknowledgementWageRun records it; WageRun does not invent it

Building the proof cohort

Operate payroll or support employers in South Africa?

We are preparing controlled pilots with suitable employers, bookkeepers and embedded partners. Participation is scoped; it is not production self-service.

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