Seabelo: Fighting back to the top
Friday, June 08, 2012
Mmegi: Who is Seabelo Tlhaselo?
Tlhaselo: I am a 59-year-old man from Ramotswa, group director and owner of the Seabelo Group. I am also a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana (ELCB) where I also serve in the fundraising committee.
Mmegi: How did you end up running a transport business?
Tlhaselo: As a young boy I had a strong passion for the industry. I started with one small combi and 15 years later it grew into what it is now; a bus transport business, a truck service and travel and tours operations. Seabelo Express was purely for buses. I now have 31 buses and more than 20 trucks.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...