AccountingMzansi

An interactive Grade 10, 11 & 12 Accounting companion for South African learners (CAPS, NSC Paper 1 & Paper 2) – plus Money Life, a track of accounting skills for real life.

It's the sister app of MathsMzansi, CodeMzansi (IT), GeoMzansi (Geography) and PhysicsMzansi, with the same learning design and accessibility features. Built with Next.js, Recharts, dnd-kit, Motion, GSAP and Aceternity UI patterns. It's designed to be fun, hands-on, and to work for every learner, including learners with ADHD, dyslexia and other learning differences.

What's inside

• 📚 40 lessons covering all 30 CAPS topics and 8 Money Life topics, in short steps:
  • Grade 10: concepts & GAAP, the accounting equation, source documents and journals (cash and credit), the General Ledger and Trial Balance, sole-trader financial statements, salaries & wages, VAT, bank reconciliation, ethics & internal control, cost accounting basics, budgeting, inventory systems
  • Grade 11: year-end adjustments, partnerships, clubs, fixed assets & depreciation, analysis & interpretation, debtors & creditors reconciliations, manufacturing cost accounting, cash budgets
  • Grade 12: companies, company financial statements, the cash flow statement, analysis of companies (EPS, DPS, NAV, ROSHE, ROTCE), audit & corporate governance, reconciliations, VAT, cost accounting & break-even, budgets & projected statements, inventory valuation
  • Money Life: your money plan (budgets), banking, cards & scams, starting a side hustle, your first payslip, credit, debt & interest, saving & investing, how to do your own taxes on SARS eFiling, tax for side hustlers, and adulting (renting, cars, insurance, two-pot retirement)
• 🛠️ 22 hands-on labs:
  • the accounting-equation balance scale
  • a T-account ledger with an automatic Trial Balance
  • a source-document sorter with real-looking receipts and invoices
  • a drag-and-drop statement builder
  • VAT, payslip and SARS income-tax calculators
  • a 50/30/20 budget builder, compound-interest and credit/loan labs
  • depreciation & disposal, break-even, production-cost, ratio-analysis and FIFO/weighted-average inventory labs
  • bank-reconciliation, cash-budget and partnership-appropriation labs
  • a side-hustle business simulator
  • a formula & SARS reference sheet
• ✍️ Typed answers that understand accountants: R12 450, 12 450,50, (R5 000), 35,5%, 1,45 : 1. Answers must be right to the cent, and the feedback spots VAT-inclusive/exclusive slips, % vs decimal, monthly vs yearly and upside-down ratios.
• ♾️ Endless practice: 28 question generators with worked solutions and streaks.
• 🪜 Worked examples revealed one step at a time, with a "Why?" for every step.
• 🃏 Flashcards with spaced repetition for 280+ terms, plus a glossary.
• ⚔️ Quiz Arena: 165+ questions, mixed-topic rounds, relaxed or timed.
• 📝 Exam Room: 53 NSC-style questions (155 parts) with marking memos.
• ⏱️ Mock papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2 for each grade, full or quick (~50 marks), timed or untimed, self-marked with an NSC level and a breakdown by topic.
• 🎯 Weak-spot coach and a 🖨️ worksheet generator for teachers.
• 🎮 Games: Speed Solve, Debit or Credit Dash, Concept Pairs, True/False Blitz, Odd One Out, Accounting Hangman.
• 🧠 Accessibility: step mode, focus mode, focus sprints, calm mode, a reading ruler, word anchors, dyslexia-friendly fonts, read-aloud, high contrast, and tap/keyboard alternatives for every drag-and-drop.
• 🔒 No accounts, no tracking: everything is stored on the learner's device.

Quick start

npm install
npm run dev        # http://localhost:3000

Scripts

Command
npm run dev	Development server
npm run build / npm start	Production build / serve
npm run typecheck	TypeScript strict check
npm run lint	ESLint (zero warnings)
npm test	Accounting-engine, tax-engine and content-integrity tests (Vitest)
npm run test:e2e	Browser tests on desktop + mobile (Playwright; needs a production build)
npm run check	typecheck + lint + test + build

Deploying

Every page is statically generated. There is no backend and there are no environment variables. Node 18.18+ is required.

npm ci
npm run check
npm start          # http://localhost:3000 (set PORT to change)

Tax figures

All SARS figures (2025/26 brackets, rebates, thresholds, medical credits, UIF, retirement deduction, TFSA limits) live in one file: src/lib/acc/tax.ts. Update it after each Budget Speech and every calculator, generator and reference table follows.

Documentation

Teacher and developer docs live in docs/ and are rendered in the site at /teachers. They cover:

• overview and teacher quick-start
• CAPS curriculum map
• learning design
• ADHD, dyslexia and accessibility
• the formula sheet, ratios and SARS tables
• the Money Life track
• design system and architecture
• content authoring
• testing and deployment
• privacy
• FAQ

An independent study aid. Always confirm exam details with your teacher and the latest DBE examination guidelines, and tax details with SARS (www.sars.gov.za).