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    Here’s why you should be using Karri for your school fees

    School fees: Every Bursar’s worst nightmare. Chasing parents for payment, reconciling, updating sheets, reminding parents AGAIN for payment. With Karri, things don’t have to be so complicated.  We’ve seen many schools across South Africa successfully use Karri to get parents to pay for their child’s school fees. Using Karri means parents can make fast and secure

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    #KarriCares – Kira Godfrey and her Scoliosis Journey

    As many of you are aware, Karri often runs #KarriCares collections in aid of certain causes and charities. Recently a collection was brought to our attention through Paarl Girls High School to raise funds for a 14-year-old girl named Kira Godfrey who is currently living with Scoliosis. Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine

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    Karri Payments: Pioneers Of The Cash Free School Movement

    Here at Karri we genuinely care about change. We are proudly pioneering the cash free school movement and are passionately dedicated to removing the need for cash on school grounds, ultimately making learning environments safer for students and teachers alike. Eliminating the need for cash on school grounds seems like an ideal situation right? Removing

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    Creating New Features: Our in-house process

    Ever wondered what happens after you request a new feature on Karri? Creating new features on the app is an intricate process, from planning meetings, in-house testing to deadline tight schedules, designing, coding, more planning, more testing and even more deadlines! We thought we’d share a little insight into our creative process: Are you waiting

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    #KarriCares: Giving Back To The Community

    Here at Karri, giving back to the community is a huge part of our company culture. We strive to have at least one #KarriCares campaign running at all times in a bid to raise funds for various charities and organisations across South Africa. You may recall last year, we ran an initiative to raise money

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    Meet Our New Product Owner: JP Pienaar

    Innovative, upbeat, plus he’ll make you sing if you’re late to a meeting, meet JP, Karri’s latest joiner and new Product Owner. When asked what excites him most about Karri, JP replies “There are many possibilities and different areas to explore, both with the current offering as well as with what might be added in

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    NEW FEATURE: Compulsory Collections

    We LOVE bringing new features to Karri, especially features that you have requested. One of your recent requests was the option for collections to be compulsory. What this means is parents will no longer be able to dismiss the collection. With the introduction of the extension date feature, parents will still have an opportunity to

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    NEW FEATURE: Partial Payments

    Here at Karri, we’re all about adding new features that enhance and improve your experience. We’re pleased to reveal our new Partial Payments option. This is something many of our schools have been requesting, we value your feedback, and this is one of the ways we show it. Partial Payments & the uses: Enabling partial payments

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    Cash On School Premises: A Cashless Future Should Be Pursued

    Cash on school grounds is a pressing issue, one that we believe needs to be addressed sooner rather than later. With little to no security in schools, having large amounts of cash on school premises is a constant worry for everyone. It is scary to think that this could make your school an easy target

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    Karri Cares about getting your kids into nature

    his term our Karri Cares campaign has joined forces with BirdLife South Africa in a bid to help raise awareness for 2019’s bird of the year, the Secretarybird.

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