Tumelo Ratala

Helping Bochum residents get clean water & print services under 1 roof.

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[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

This idea that entrepreneurs have nothing to learn from people in corporate, or from those who haven’t run businesses themselves, is a bit flawed.

The goal isn’t to only learn from people who have walked your exact path, but to learn from anyone who can help you move forward. There are lessons, skills, systems, and perspectives from corporate and other career paths that can help startups build differently and better.

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

I don’t how to behave, what do you do when the team you love and have seen suffer and endure the worst of times finally proves everyone wrong!? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[T S H E P O @TshepoJeans]

Today, we open our new home at @_themallofafrica

As I stood in the space, I kept thinking about this one single idea that I hold true, that I would die for:

That African creativity deserves to exist at the highest level.

TSHEPO
Now open at The Mall of Africa 🌍

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

Yoco brings Apple Tap to Pay on iPhone to South Africa 🙌🏿

Small businesses can now accept tap payments directly on an iPhone with no card machine or extra hardware needed. Customers just tap their card, phone, or smartwatch to pay.

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

The 6 stages of late payments:

1. Confusion
2. Optimism
3. Rationalising
4. Panicking
5. Anger
6. Acceptance

[Tumelo Ratala @TumeloRatala]

It’s Friday at Drink & Print

We’re open, smiling, and ready to serve our community with clean, affordable water and reliable printing services.

In a place where access to clean water is a challenge, we show up every day to make a difference, one litre at a time.

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

I love seeing how Zulzi keeps evolving, how Delivery Ka Speed keeps growing, and how Beatty on Tapp keeps scaling. Great South African businesses that continue to show us what’s possible. Keep building.

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

I hope we never become the kind of people who laugh at, ridicule, or shame others for trying to do and build great things.

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

Speak to your mentors. Honestly and often. Sometimes what we need most are people with a depth of experience we haven’t reached yet. Learning from other people’s journeys can help you make fewer mistakes.

[Lilitha Mahlati Diatta @MrsLilithaD]

Eish one day you will have the crappiest day as an entrepreneur, the next you will feel like you will take over the world 🎢 Then you’ll open X and @Mashstartup will just shaya with a tweet and you are convinced, the world is yours, and for you only. ♥️

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

It takes an almost impossible level of audacity and resilience to build anything in South Africa, whether it’s a startup, a small business, or a social enterprise. Don’t stop. This country needs what you’re building.

[Unisa @unisa]

Unisa celebrates a major victory as studentpreneur Tumelo Ratala claims top honours at the 2025 EDHE Intervarsity Competition, reaffirming the university's rising dominance in student innovation.

https://t.co/scFYkB2sUC

#Unisa150andBeyond

[TOUCHLINE @TouchlineTruth]

If I ask anybody why they think Arsenal won’t win the league, their only answer is “history”…but every entity that is in the kitchen long enough will cook eventually. At some point they’re gonna get tired of second place, and this has to be the season.

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

The most important thing I worked on this year was documenting the journeys of some of South Africa’s great builders. I’m truly grateful to every guest and partner who made this work possible. Most importantly, thank you to everyone who listened, learned, and shared the work 🙏🏿❤️

[Tumelo Ratala @TumeloRatala]

Ha ha haha hahaha ha hahaha ha ha

[King David @DavidMashabela]

I lost a bet and now I have to pay up. It’s always important to read the fine print 💯😉

[Mashudu Modau @Mashstartup]

Thank you for listening, sharing, and putting a friend onto an episode that helped them move their business forward. Every minute you’ve spent with this podcast has mattered and I don’t take a single one for granted.

To every guest, partner, and friend who’s carried this mission with me, thank you. The growth we’ve seen this year is only the foundation.

We’re building a home for South Africa’s opportunity creators, solution builders and entrepreneurs and this is just the beginning.

[Tumelo Ratala @TumeloRatala]

Shuuuu

[TOUCHLINE @TouchlineTruth]

NOT THAT GUY ANYMORE ft my brother @OriginalJayJody from my new project #MambisaGoldenBoy come see us performing it at the #MambisaGoldenBoyExperience this Saturday at Carfax👌

[Tumelo Ratala @TumeloRatala]

I am proud to be the EDHE Intervarsity 2025 National Winner in the Existing Business, General Category.

This is proof that education and entrepreneurship work together.
This win is for Bochum Township, for Drink & Print, and for every young person building with purpose.

[Tumelo Ratala @TumeloRatala]

For not giving up? I’ll always thank myself ha ha ha ha 😂😂😂

Thank you @MorolongZA

[Ser OP @MorolongZA]

.well done mfo @TumeloRatala for not giving up on school and business. 👌🏻

"Most importantly, I'd like to thank myself" 🤣🤣🤣👏🏾👏🏾

[Ser OP @MorolongZA]

.well done mfo @TumeloRatala for not giving up on school and business. 👌🏻

"Most importantly, I'd like to thank myself" 🤣🤣🤣👏🏾👏🏾