Dreams Botswana enters publishing fray
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Co-owner and managing editor of Dreams Botswana, Charmaine Revaka-Muir, said she and her partner Olivia Britz saw a need to start a lifestyle magazine because of their passion for writing. The two women decided to do market research, which showed that Batswana long for a local lifestyle magazine.
“We started thinking and talking about a lifestyle magazine over 10 years ago and in 2014 we conducted some market research to establish whether there is room for an up-market lifestyle magazine in Botswana. We got very interesting results and certainly some valuable pointers with regard to what people are looking for,” she said.
Unfortunately, petty thieves tend to be more vicious around this time as they also prepare for the festive season. Culturally, many Batswana go home for the holiday, and petty thieves are amongst those who go home. Burglaries, car break-ins, and attacks on unsuspecting pedestrians seem to be on the rise!That is not all, as scammers continue to take money from pensioners as well as other Batswana who may fall prey to their unscrupulous tactics....