Crafts Vendors Make A Living From Tourists

Boemo Siseho
Boemo Siseho

Maun: Twenty-two-year-old Boemo Siseho has already made up her mind that she does not need a job nor a youth grant as she operates a budding craft street vendor on the dusty streets of New Town ward in Maun.

Sharing the origins of her business with The Monitor on Friday, Siseho explained that her business was started from just a mere P500 in 2014.

Siseho explained:  “My mother operated a crafts street vendor. On eday in 2014 after finishing my Form 5, I planned to go to Choppies supermarket to look for a job. My mother instead asked me to help her sell her crafts and paid me P500, which I used to buy painted fabrics to sell. When my mother relocated to Sweden in 2014 I remained behind to operate the business until now.”

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