Graft is work. In Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia and Botswana the word means a job - the thing you go out and do, and the thing you get paid for. It is the word a bricklayer uses for the work that feeds him.
Why magraft exists
Almost everything that happens to a building is done by somebody looking for a graft. They are all in the same position: the work is out there, and there is nowhere obvious to go and find it.
So magraft puts them in one place. One list, covering the eleven pillars of work that happen to a property, in four countries, so an owner with a job can find the right person and the right person can be found. That is the whole idea. We want people to have work.
How a job reaches a provider
- Somebody describes a job. A leaking geyser, a boundary wall, a monthly clean, a load of cement, an excavator for three days.
- magraft routes it. It goes to providers who work in that pillar and actually serve that address - not to forty numbers at once.
- The work is done and magraft earns off it. A share of the transaction, never a fee to be listed and never a charge to see a phone number.
Who stands behind the list
magraft.com is a product of Cabanga Platforms, operating from Gaborone, Johannesburg and Chinhoyi.
The desk answers on WhatsApp and by email. There is no call centre, no ticket number and no queue - a person reads what you sent and comes back to you.
| Principle | How it shows up here |
|---|---|
| A list anyone can read | The board is public and free to browse |
| An introduction made by a person | Not an algorithm, and not a broadcast |
| Checks that are dated | A mark expires and has to be earned again |
| Nothing claimed before it is true | Nothing carries a mark until a person has earned it for it |