Setilo finds himself stuck with a mini-bus he must pay P35,000 for, and he says he does not know how he got himself into that mess. He says he never wanted a mini-bus in the first place. The Ramotswa businessman woke up yesterday with dream of owning a van that he would use to buy stock at the wholesalers for his shop in Ramotswa.
During the week he had been scouting for a suitable van at the Central Transport Organisation (CTO) plant in Gaborone, ahead of the first ever citizens only auction of the government vehicle fleet.
The whole day yesterday, Setilo stood near the mini-bus he is supposed to have won. He talked to anyone who might be interested to buy the mini-bus so that he can go and bid for the van he wanted. But many people he approached seemed reluctant to take the mini-bus at P35,000.
Setilo claims that he did not know what he was doing since it was his first time at the auction. He says the auctioneer pointed at him and declared him the winner of the mini-bus.
