Khanyi Dhlomo, Managing Director of Ndalo Media officially launched the highly anticipated Destiny magazine on Monday, 8 October.
Destiny is the country’s first high end women’s glossy magazine in which 60 percent of the publication reflects business content and the balance focusing on lifestyle elements.
The magazine is divided into five clear sections referred to as: Business, Business Life, Retail Therapy, Home Organiser and Downtime to appeal to the multi-faceted and exciting lives of self assured, affluent and stylish South African women managing multiple roles and multiple identities. The
Destiny reader is an ambitious, globally-aware and intellectually-curious woman who is either interested in or actively engaged in business.
The strong editorial and administrative team will be led by Dhlomo as Founding Editor and Managing Director of Ndalo Media. Sharda Naidoo is Deputy Editor. Prior to joining Destiny Naidoo was Assistant News Editor on
The Sunday Times Business Times and previously was also Business Editor of the JohnCom group.
The Business Editor is Cara Bouwer who was previously with
Business Day as the Deputy Special Projects Manager and the Features Editor is Sheena Adams who has worked as a news journalist, political correspondent and features writer for
The Star and other titles in the Independent Newspaper Group. The magazine’s Senior Lifestyle Editor is Aurelia Dyantyi who has also worked for
The Star as a health and lifestyle reporter. On the administrative side, Elaine Chandler, formerly with JohnCom, is Operations Manager while Charlotte Mapitsa, previously with Multichoice, is Financial Manager.
Says Dhlomo, “I’ve always been passionate about media and while completing my MBA I saw a gap in the market to create a magazine that effortlessly combines business with lifestyle content and
Destiny is able to achieve this. The magazine’s key differentiator is business coverage that is useful, accessible and engaging without being dumbed down.”
Our core readers are focused, spirited and intelligent women who are proud of their femininity and the power it gives them, concludes Dhlomo.
Destiny will retail at R26.95 and will be available in store nationwide at leading retail outlets from 16 October. The first two issues will be published bi-monthly with the first issue being a November-December edition and the second a January-February edition. The publication will move to a monthly frequency with its March 2008 issue.
The launch of the magazine will be supported by a tactical above the line campaign to feature across television, radio, online, billboard and print media which breaks on 15 October.
The magazine will also have an online component with the introduction of a new website
www.mydestinymag.com which goes live on 17 October.
Destiny magazine will also be available in several African countries including Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Namibia from the launch issue onwards.