Gert Joubert
Gert Joubert (born 1948 in Mowbray, Cape Town) is a Namibian businessperson. Joubert was born in South Africa but moved to Namibia during the 1960s. While in university, Joubert was followed as a suspected communist by the secret police of the apartheid regime until he approached the police and explained his support for capitalism. Joubert began his business career as a cattle entrepreneur near Otjiwarongo. In 2000, he ventured into eco-tourism and owns the near Omaruru in the Erongo Region.[1]
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- ^ The capitalist whom they mistook for a communist Namibia Economist, 27 October 2006
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- 1948 births
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- People from Cape Town
- People from Otjiwarongo
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