Magu Workspace is where a South African business is set up, run and grown.
Magu Workspace is where a South African business is set up, run and grown.
One place for the tools, the know-how and the people a small business needs: from registering properly, to invoicing, accounting, staff and finding new work.
Who we are
Magu Business is a South African company, founded in 2023 by Sandile Gumede. Magu Workspace is our product: a business workspace built for the founders, side-hustlers and small business owners who run South African businesses and cannot afford to get the basics wrong.
Why we built it
Most entrepreneurs do not lack ambition. What they lack is access: to professional systems, to someone who explains things plainly, and to everything they need in one place. The tools that exist are usually built for big companies, priced in dollars, or scattered across ten different apps. Workspace puts the essentials together and makes them fit how business is done here.
What is inside
Get started. A start-up checklist and a compliance calendar for the SARS, CIPC and other dates your business has to meet.
Work. A business coach, tasks, a calendar and schedule, documents, files and a private journal.
Sales and money. Clients, quotes and invoices, a money overview, monthly costs, stock take, a tax estimator and a business calculator.
Accounting. Upload bank statements and get a profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow statement and cash budget, ready to print or save as a PDF.
People. Staff with roles and access, payslips with PAYE and UIF worked out, and a payroll estimator. Teams chat and announcements keep everyone in step.
Growth. The Business finder, the Employee finder and Offers connect you with other businesses, people and deals on Workspace. You can also search for and register a domain.
How we work
We keep it plain: no jargon, and no need to know the right question before you begin. Your information stays inside your workspace, you choose what to share, and a business or person is only visible to others when they switch that on. We would rather build one thing properly than ten things halfway.
Who it is for
Founders turning a bold idea into a business, side-hustlers who want to be taken seriously, and owners of small businesses and their teams across South Africa. You can start free and move to a paid plan when you outgrow it.
Business clarity. Professional identity.
Who we are
A South African company, building for South African businesses.
Magu Business was founded in 2023 by Sandile Gumede, who spent years in banking on the other side of the counter and saw how many good businesses stall on the basics. Magu Workspace is the answer we wished they had: professional systems, explained plainly, in one place.
What is inside
Everything a small business runs on.
Get started
A start-up checklist and a compliance calendar for SARS, CIPC and more.
Work
A business coach, tasks, calendar, schedule, documents, files and a journal.
Sales and money
Clients, quotes, invoices, costs, stock take, tax and a business calculator.
Accounting
Profit and loss, balance sheet, cash flow and cash budget from your bank statements.
People
Staff, roles, payslips, payroll estimates, team chat and announcements.
Growth
Business finder, Employee finder, Offers and domains.
How we work
One workspace, plain language, and your information stays yours.
You choose what to share, and nothing is shown to other businesses unless you switch it on.
Who it is for
Ready to look and work like a real business.
- Founders turning a bold idea into a business.
- Side-hustlers who want to be taken seriously.
- Small business owners and their teams across South Africa.