The vast majority of businesses initiated by entrepreneurs originate as micro or small businesses. These businesses are usually started and entrepreneurially managed by one person.
Month: September 2023
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Opinion – Revitalising Outjo municipality
Outjo municipality, located in the Kunene region, has been grappling with a deteriorating state in recent years.
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Opinion – Namibia needs more international airports Namibia needs more international airports
Namibia only has 2 ICAO-standard international airports - the Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) with a runway length of 4 532 metres (m), located 45km on the eastern outskirts of Windhoek, and the Walvis Bay International Airport, 15km east of the town, with a runway of 3 500m, which mostly accommodates flights to and from South Africa.
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Opinion – Has life regressed into conformity?
“The Road Less Travelled” is one of the popular poems written by poet Robert Frost. The poem talks about two roads – one less travelled and the other often travelled. Looking back at society today, many of us have been skipping the road less travelled, and hit the one often travelled.
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Opinion – Indigenous women’s reliance on natural resources
Governments are responding to today’s economic and environmental crises with a raft of policies designed to pull in private finance by being business-friendly.
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Opinion – Personal coaching for transformation
In the journey of personal growth and transformation, the guidance of a personal coach has emerged as a pivotal resource. Personal coaching, centred around improving communication skills and mastering goal-setting, takes on a transformative role when coupled with a focus on self-responsibility and accountability.
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Opinion -Becoming a 21st century teacher
The 21st century is the current century in the Anno Domini (AD) or common era. Henceforward, the modern world is developing so fast that we cannot always keep track of all its changes.
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Editorial – Hopelessness drives suicide rate
We are not at war but our young men die by the boatload. This week, during the commemoration of the 2023 World Suicide Prevention Day on Monday, the government said 623 suicide cases were recorded between August 2022 and June 2023 – and out of these, 511 (82%) were male, while 92 (15%) were female.
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Know your civil servant – Creating stimulating classrooms
Vihonga Kazonganga is a civil servant and a dedicated, resourceful and goal-driven professional teacher with a solid commitment to the social and academic growth and development of every child.
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LEX SCRIPTA with FASZ Legal Consultancy – Surety – discharge from obligations thereof
Whereas, the first respondent, the Development Bank of Namibia (the bank) claimed from the appellant, and the second respondent (Brick Warehouse) an amount of N$17 833 279,50 for monies lent and advanced, and whereas, the court a quo gave orders in respect of a claim for payment of N$ 17,833 279,50 with interest by the appellant (surety) to the first respondent, the appellant appealed against thos