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Macroeconomic impact of trade on Namibian growth: An empirical illustration.
(Frontiers in Bioscience., 2005)The study analyses the role of trade on the economy of Namibia by considering a different specification of the traditional export growth model. Foreign direct investment is included to capture the potential effect of this ... -
Making Architecture
(Department of Architecture and Spatial Planning. Faculty of Natural Resources and Spatial Sciences. Namibia University of Science and Technology., 2017)How do we educate young architects to be not only technically literate professionals but also critical citizens able to question their role as professionals in the post-colonial context of Namibia? This is a major challenge ... -
A managerial model of distance education for the Polytechnic of Namibia.
(2003)Due to the fact that not all learning can be provided through formal education on campus or schools, colleges and institutions of higher education, distance education has become a viable alternative. In this regard we have ... -
Managing human capital for optimum performance.
(2004)People undoubtedly constitute the most valuable asset in any enterprise be it public or private. Until we acknowledge that the expert in any particular job is most often the person performing it, we shall forever limit ... -
Manipulation of subject peoples' history, legends and myths: The case of Prestor John.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, Department of Communication., 2008)This article claims that John Buchan’s Prester John, a small novel of 1910 can be read, arguably, as a settler novel setting out to undercut the indigenous Africans’ wars of resistance and self-determination by manipulation ... -
Manual for working with MODIS images in SeaDAS 6.2.
(2013)This manual was written for the students of the School of Natural Resources and Tourism, Polytechnic of Namibia during the pilot project “Assessing potential to produce final Ocean Colour maps of Namibia’s marine environment”, ... -
Mapping of the BCLME shoreline, shallow water & marine habitats: Physical mapping project.
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A markup language for narrative knowledge annotation, mining and management.
(IKTC, 2011)Narrative knowledge as the name implies, is not naturally bound to any media other than speech. In order to preserve such knowledge and to make it accessible through computer systems: a formal and standardized basis needs ... -
Media and celebrity: Towards a postmodern understanding of the role of reality television in the development of new forms of South African/African celebrity.
(2009)In our paper we deal with the issue of media celebrity in a South African context, focusing on the role reality television has played in regard to emergent forms of new South African celebrity, and determining the social ... -
Metaphors of changing identities, resilience and cultural transformation for survival in times of crisis.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, Department of Communication, 2013)This paper is an exploration of the literary representations of survival and coping strategies during times of socio-economic upheavals. Charles Mungoshi’s short story entitled "The Hare” is critically analysed and the two ... -
Metaphors of migration and survival: Negotiating crisis times through seeking alternative spaces.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, 2013)This paper is about the fictional representation of the tenacity, innovativeness and agency displayed by people who seek to better their living conditions and survive socio-economic and political cesspools. The aim is to ... -
Migrants to cities and towns in Namibia: What their interests are?
(2010)This study suggests an investigation on the problem of urbanisation and shack dwelling in Namibia. A case of the City of Windhoek has been used. Findings in most literature led to unemployment as a major cause of urbanisation ... -
Missing the beat: Mainstream media mirror relevance of community media in election coverage in Namibia.
(Conference of African Journalism Educators (CAJE), Forum for African Media Educators (FAME), 2009)In the Department Media Technology experiential learning has always been of the utmost importance. Even though Experiential Learning is a credit-bearing component in the undergraduate Journalism and Communication Technology ... -
Mission impossible - The pentangle breaks.
(Polytechnic of Namibia, Department of English Communication., 2009)The poet’s complex and ambiguous treatment of Gawain’s adventure leaves the nature of the heroic role continually in doubt, and the ending of the poem is designed to make us wonder whether Gawain has fulfilled such a role ... -
A Mobile Application for Health Information Dissemination: a Namibian Context
(IEEE, 2016)Mobile devices have become the most powerful tool to disseminate information across communities in today’s world. The current method of disseminating health-related information to the communities in Namibia is a manual ... -
Modelling the connection between foreign trade and economic growth with OLS technique: Further empirical evidence from Namibia.
(Bethany Books, 2011)Economic growth is undoubtedly one of the most complex processes in economic literature. It is therefore quite an enormous task in an attempt to try and construct an empirical model to explain in a detail manner the growth ... -
Mysterious circles in the Namib Desert.
(Elsevier, 2008)There is currently still no scientifically sound explanation as to the origin of the so-called ''fairy circles'' in the Namib. An in situ experiment was conducted in the NamibRand nature Reserve to test hypothesis that the ... -
Namibia Business Innovation Centre: The innovation marketplace.
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Namibia women's experiences and challenges in peace-keeping and conflict management: A case study on the Namibian Defence Force.
(2013)In recent years, there has been increasing recognition at the international level of the importance of including females at all levels of conflict management and post conflict recovery. There are a number of benefits for ...
