The Future of Warehousing, Micro-fulfilment and Last-mile Delivery

Thumela is a last-mile delivery platform that piggybacks on the mini-bus taxi network to help businesses to deliver parcels in townships and rural areas

The Future of Micro-fulfillment and Last-Mile Delivery

Thumela is a last-mile delivery platform that piggybacks on the mini-bus taxi industry to help businesses to deliver parcels in townships and rural areas

How It Works

Pick-Up

Parcels are picked up by courier partners 

Micro-fulfillment

Parcels are pre-packed and sorted at a Thumela micro-fulfillment centre for route optimization

Cross-Dock Hub

Parcels are pre-packed and sorted at a Thumela micro-fulfillment center for route optimization

Parcel Tracking

Parcels are handled by trusted and vetted mini-bus taxi drivers and can be tracked in real time by recipients

Delivery or Pick-Up

Parcel recipients can collect from nearest Thumela point or get it delivered to their doorstep

Why Use Thumela

No one dares to mess with mini-bus taxi drivers! But don’t worry, we are friends with them

We all know it, even Michael Schumacher can’t beat mini-bus taxi drivers

Seriously, are you still paying those surge charges for township deliveries? Come on dude!

Home delivery or a pick-up? The choice is yours darling

So, do you like us? I can tell from that last s-mile…

Pick-Up & Drop Off Points

Durban

Keyona Fashion

Pietermaritzburg

New Taxi Rank

What Our Customers Say

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