Z a n d e
ECD management, simplified

Run your centre
from your phone.
Not from a pile of paper.

One place for learners, fees, attendance, and your DBE register.

Stop chasing 90 parents for fees every month by hand.

For DOE-registered, private, and community ECD centres.

✓ No card needed ✓ First month free ✓ Set up in one afternoon

Not sure where to start? WhatsApp us — we'll import your learners and set up your centre with you, free.

Curious what you're losing? Take the 60-second leak check →

Dashboard
Payments
Attendance
Bethel Crèche — July 2026 ● Live
114
Learners
87%
Collected
R28.4k
This month
Recent learners
Amahle Dlamini
Toddler · Age 2
Paid
Sipho Nkosi
Grade R · Age 5
Paid
Lerato Mokoena
Pre-school · Age 3
Due
Export DOE register →
Fee Collection 12 unpaid
CollectedR23,450
74% collectedTarget: R31,420
Outstanding
Thabo Sithole
R250 · Toddler
Mark paid
Zanele Khumalo
R360 · Grade R
Mark paid
Nomsa Ndlovu
R370 · Newborn
Mark paid
Attendance — Today 102 present
Grade R · Mark attendance
AM
SN
LM
TC
ZK
NP
KS
BM
TN
PP
SZ
MK
LS
AN
KM
DS
NM
TK
Present (15) Absent (3)
Submit DOE register →
DOE register ready
June — 114 learners · 1 click
Attendance Registers Fee Statements Compliance Tracker Online Enrolment Staff Management Incident Reports Document Scanner WhatsApp Reminders Attendance Registers Fee Statements Compliance Tracker Online Enrolment Staff Management Incident Reports Document Scanner WhatsApp Reminders
R24/child/day DBE subsidy Automatic DOE registers Parent statement emails POPIA compliant Mobile-first design No IT support needed R24/child/day DBE subsidy Automatic DOE registers Parent statement emails POPIA compliant Mobile-first design No IT support needed
R24
DBE subsidy per child per day — we make sure you capture it
2 min
Daily attendance on your phone — no paper, no Excel
1 click
DOE register built and exported at month-end
R0
To get started — no card, no contract, no setup fee
The problem

Does this sound familiar?

Running a crèche is hard enough. The admin shouldn't be the hardest part.

Paper registers get lost — and you lose the subsidy

The DBE pays R24 per child, per day. But only if your register is correct, complete, and in the right format. One missing page costs you thousands.

✓ Zande builds the register automatically, every day

Chasing 90 parents for fees — one WhatsApp at a time

Every month, the same parents. The same conversations. The same half-promises. Your collection rate stays stuck at 60% while you chase individually.

✓ Automated reminders on the 4th, 10th, and 20th

Your learner records are scattered. Nothing is easy to find.

A parent asks for last month's fee statement. A learner's intake form is in a drawer somewhere. Your register is half in a notebook, half on your phone. Small admin tasks take 30 minutes to sort out.

✓ Everything stored, organised, ready in one click
Fix this for your centre →
Everything you need

Built around how your centre actually works.

Every tool an ECD owner needs — from the first enrolment to monthly admin — in one clean interface. Works for DOE-registered and private centres.

Attendance & DOE Registers

Mark attendance on your phone in under 2 minutes. Zande builds the DBE register automatically in the format your province requires. Submit at month-end — no reformatting.

Learner Management

Full learner profiles, age groups, fee classes, enrolment dates. Online applications go straight into your pending list — you approve with one click.

Fee Collection & Statements

Record payments, track outstanding balances, send PDF statements by email. WhatsApp reminders go out automatically so you never chase manually again.

Avg collection rate
87%
Before Zande
61%

Compliance Tracker

Track every document, certificate, and inspection date. Get notified 30 days before anything expires.

Incident Reports

Log incidents, notify parents, maintain records. All timestamped and stored.

Staff Management

Staff records, SACE certificates, employment contracts, leave tracking — all in one place.

Financial Reports

Monthly collection summaries, outstanding reports, and audit-ready records exported in one click.

R24
per child · per day · DBE subsidy
The money most centres miss

Registered with DOE?
The DBE pays R24 per child. Most centres miss some of it.

For DOE-registered centres, the subsidy only pays out if your attendance register is correct every single day. Miss a day and you lose the claim for that child. Zande takes attendance on your phone and builds the register automatically — in the exact format your province requires.

How many learners at your centre? 60 learners
R30,240/month
60 learners × R24 × 21 school days — that's R362,880 a year from the DOE alone.
Start capturing your R30,240 → WhatsApp us your number How to claim the subsidy: full guide
Getting started

Set up in one afternoon.

No IT support. No training. No consultant. Just you and your phone.

01

Create your centre

Register, name your centre, set your age groups and fees. Takes 10 minutes. No card required.

02

Add your learners

Add learners manually or upload a spreadsheet. Import from Excel in two clicks. We map the columns.

03

Start collecting & submitting

Take attendance on your phone. Send fee statements. Export your DOE register. That's it.

Why Zande exists

Built inside a working crèche.

Zande wasn't designed in an office park. It runs a real ECD centre every single morning.

114 learners

Zande runs the daily attendance, fee tracking, and DOE registers at a real 114-learner crèche in Hazyview, Mpumalanga — the centre it was built in. Every month-end register you export, we export too.

Z
Our home centre
Hazyview · Mpumalanga · DOE-registered
Same problems

We didn't imagine these problems. We chase the same fees, reconcile the same unmatched EFTs, submit to the same district offices, and answer to the same DOE deadlines as you do.

Z
The Zande team
Built in Hazyview, made for South Africa
The test

Every feature has to survive a real morning at the centre — 6:45 drop-off, one phone, patchy signal, a queue of parents. If it doesn't work there, it doesn't ship.

Z
How we build
Phone-first · low data · no training needed

Software from inside the sector, not above it. Start free today.

Set up your centre free
Pricing

Less than one hour of admin a month.

Start free. Upgrade when you're ready. No lock-in, no setup fees.

Monthly
Save 20%
Annual
Starter
For small centres getting started.
R0/month
Up to 20 learners · forever free
Get started free
  • Up to 20 learners
  • Attendance tracking
  • Fee recording
  • Basic learner profiles
Growth
For established centres with advanced needs.
R499/month
Unlimited learners · billed monthly
Start 30-day free trial
  • Everything in Pro
  • Multiple sites / branches
  • ELDA assessments
  • Financial reports & export
  • Priority WhatsApp support
  • Onboarding assistance
FAQ

Common questions

Yes. Take attendance on your phone each day. At month-end, click Export — Zande builds the register in the exact format your DOE office requires. No reformatting, no manual typing.
R24 per child, per day, for qualifying learners at registered ECD centres. A 60-child centre attending 21 school days earns R30,240/month from the DOE — but only if your register is correct every day.
You move to Starter (free, up to 20 learners) or choose a paid plan. We remind you 7 days before your trial ends. No automatic charge. No card required to start.
Yes — Zande is mobile-first. No download or app store. Open your phone browser, go to zande.online, log in. Works on any Android or iPhone.
Yes. Export your Excel file as CSV and upload it during setup. Zande maps the columns. If you get stuck, WhatsApp us and we do the import for you at no charge.
Yes. All data is encrypted, backed up daily, and stored on South African servers. We follow POPIA. Learner records are never shared or sold. Export or delete your data any time from settings.
Yes. Zande works for all ECD centres — DOE-registered, private, and community-run. If you don't receive the DBE subsidy, the DOE register is optional. You still get fee tracking, parent invoices, learner records, WhatsApp reminders, online enrolment, and all other tools.
No contract, no lock-in. Pay month to month. Cancel from your settings page at any time. If you cancel, your data is available to export for 30 days.
Not ready to sign up yet?
Take the free templates — attendance register, fee policy, and arrears letters. No email needed, no catch.
Get the free templates →
Ready to start?

Stop losing money
to paper and WhatsApp.

Set up takes one afternoon. No card. No IT support. No training. Just you and your phone.

Set up your centre free

Rather have help? WhatsApp us and we'll set up your centre with you — free.

No card required First month free Set up in one afternoon POPIA compliant
Set up your centre free →