Petlo Literary Artists, Cherryapple host Creatives� Forum

Cherryapple co-founder, Neo Kebiditswe told Showbiz that the mandate of the Creatives’ Forum was to unify distinguished creative minds in Botswana and dissect the Creative Industry through a series of discussions, presentations, networking and drawing up of solutions. The inaugural Creatives’ Forum will be operating under the theme ‘Creative Collaborations: Working Together as Artists’.

“The Creatives’ Forum was conceptualised to firstly unify creatives of all disciplines; to establish underlying issues within the Creative Industry. This industry is currently a standalone entity, and artists conduct their businesses without stipulated regulations of a union or national body. The goods and services of the creative industry are vulnerable to exploitation such as underpricing, overpricing and no pay, due to unregulated business conditions, and few platforms to sell goods and services,” she said.