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.
Over the past weekend in Greater Gaborone, four people tragically lost their lives in separate accidents, a stark reminder of how vulnerable we are on the roads, especially during this busy time of year.The accidents, which claimed the lives of three pedestrians and one driver, paint a grim picture of the dangers faced by everyone on the road, not just motorists but also pedestrians. In one case, a young man was fatally struck by a truck whilst...