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The Unconventional And Unorthodox Thoughts: Dear African Entrepreneur
By Tony O. Elumelu 2022 was not an easy year. We escaped the pandemic, but none of us were untouched by global events. Prices have risen frighteningly, the cost of doing business has increased, and customers are stretched We would all be forgiven for giving up, dialling down our entrepreneurial dreams, maybe choosing an […]
The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts: Our Problems Cannot Be Solved By Excessive Borrowing
By: Kandjengo kaMkwaanyoka The government, National Planning Commission, and Ministry of Finance have been signing various borrowing lines with European countries and now the USA. On top of what they owe the IMF, European private creditors, China, Africa Development Bank, Germany, and then domestic creditors. My thoughts are that we would not solve our economic […]
Here Is To A Merry Christmas And A Prosperous 2023
By: Megameno Shinana Christmas is around the corner and just hours away we will embrace 2023 but holly-molly, what a hectic year it has been. Granted, 2022 has not been a pretty year for most of us and the economy seemed to have been in some kind of a tail-spin with intermittent increases in fuel […]
Villages: The Dumping Sites of Modern Mass Events
By: Agnes Shekupe Shivute The biggest events and feasts are hosted here in the villages: weddings, family reunions, and funerals among other gatherings – generating a substantial amount of waste to the environment. Unfortunately, villages have no red or green drums or containers to collect the waste. They just end up littered all over for […]
Opinion: On The Fall Of Curt Von François
By: Benedick M Louw It has been now more than seven years since the public debate around the removal of a statue, a debate brought to the fore recently by former Swanu president Usutuaije Maamberua in 2015, when he made demand that the statue of Curt von François in front of the City of Windhoek […]
Being Brave, an Intrinsic Requirement of the Internal Audit Function
If you read about the latest trends in internal auditing, you will find many articles about agile auditing, robotic process automation, artificial intelligence and other technologies aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the internal audit processes. The world is constantly changing, requiring continuous professional development, with focus on areas such as cyber security, […]
Records, Information and Knowledge Management Diary
”Past records are evidence of transactions, and they are the foundation of planning for today and tomorrow” An organisation will not function effectively in the absence of good record-keeping. Efficient management of records is, without doubt, a key element of any well-functioning institution. It is often stated that you cannot manage something if you cannot […]
Opinion: Transforming Namibian rural areas through agriculture
By:Hanks Saisai As the country charts forward toward the realisation of Vision 2030, it has become evident that many rural areas in Namibia continue to experience an alarming rate of rural-to-urban migration. Rural-to-urban migration is defined as the movement of people from the countryside (rural areas) to towns and cities in search of better opportunities […]
I Doubt the Windhoek Ghetto Kids will be Equally Economic and Socially Competitive
The Unconventional and Unorthodox Thoughts I have said among my friends that if politicians are going to heaven, then kaMkwaanyoka surely has a place in heaven. I say this every time I go deep into Havana. That place and every ghetto, excluding Hakahana, is a living hell, especially for kids. And […]
OIPOLOPOLO VALI FROM STATE HOUSE
I bet you 1000% that President Hage Geingob has said those things about activist journalists and opinionists. That cannot be President Hage Geingob. I doubt it is him because he is too educated and politically wise to say those things. He understands what participatory democracy is. It is why the other day I said he […]