The current Covid-19 pandemic has shown us the importance of planning for anything that life can throw at you. Therefore, it is essential to start saving even a small amount as long as you start saving a portion of your money.
Author: Staff Reporter (Staff Reporter )
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Looming US recession likely to cause Namibian trade deficit
An impending slowdown in the United States of America’s economy will likely result in a Namibian trade deficit with the world’s strongest economy. This means the United States will demand more goods’ imports from Namibia than goods exports.
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Opinion – Payment of severance pay under the Labour Act
This piece communicates payment of severance pay that accrues to employees who are unfairly dismissed from employment, who dies while in employment, resign or retire on reaching the age of 65 years as provided for in section 35 of the Labour Act, 2007 (Act no 11of 2007), hereinafter referred to as the Labour Act and interchangeably the Act.
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Opinion – Applying the concept of holistic management in SOEs
Public enterprises are businesses owned by the state and into which the state directly invests funds onto them to ensure they remain operational, intending to make them profitable.
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Opinion – Leadership, public service for development: A continental approach
Late last year November, I had a privilege and honour with my fellow Public Service Commissioner Cde. Salmaan Jacobs to attend a conference on the above topic in Mombasa, Kenya, organised by African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM).
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Opinion – Forgotten in life, cherished and loved in death
The article you are about to read is inspired by true events, a sign that our society is putrefying faster – right under our nose, and all we do is watch.
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Letter -Addressing the pressing social, economic needs
Our country needs drastic and immediate interventions by all the concerned and affected parties if we are serious about improving the social and economic conditions of our citizens.
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Letter -Decentralisation hindrance a betrayal to the rural masses
In Namibia, decentralisation is a constitutional requirement; therefore, it is the government’s mandate to work towards decentralisation.
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Editorial – Negotiate way out of tribalism
Very unfortunate events unfolded at the Gam settlement in the Otjozondjupa region last week when locals clashed with shop owners and other businesspeople in what has been attributed to tribalism.
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Know your civil servant – Rewards outweigh challenges
It takes serious passion and innate selflessness for one to commit almost 24 hours a day to their employers. But for Magdalena Maggy Katimba, being the chief children’s home superintendent in the Directorate of Child Welfare Services of the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication, and Social Welfare is more than merely having a job in the government.