{"id":396130,"date":"2011-04-25T09:52:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T09:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/veteran-tailor-gets-a-boost\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T09:52:13","slug":"veteran-tailor-gets-a-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/veteran-tailor-gets-a-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Tailor Gets a Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"51.9023753589\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.namibian.com.na\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/59a688e4namibian180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Namibian (Windhoek)\" title=\"Visit The Namibian (Windhoek)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tanja Bause<\/p>\n<p>20 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>NICKY Katila is one of 72 war veterans who have received a grant from the Ministry of Veterans&#8217; Affairs to either start a small business or to expand their existing business.<\/p>\n<p>Katila was born at Onamantenya near Ondangwa in northern Namibia in 1959. In 1977 he joined the liberation struggle and went to Lubango in Angola where he learned tailoring.<\/p>\n<p>He was soon making PLAN uniforms and was then sent to Kenya to perfect his craft.<\/p>\n<p>After he finished his training as a tailor he returned to Lubango and became a sewing instructor. He returned to Namibia and in 1992 started his own business called NM Katila Tailoring African and European Design in Windhoek.<\/p>\n<p>Katila has four children and his firstborn son, Markus Angula, is in the business with him. He also employs four other people.<\/p>\n<p>Together they create dresses, African shirts, trousers and other garments to the customer&#8217;s specifications and measurements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really like to make African shirts using African cloth,&#8221; says Kathila.<\/p>\n<p>He plans to expand his business and with the grant from the Ministry of Veterans&#8217; Affairs he wants to buy an embroidery machine so that he can stitch logos onto garments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With this machine I can do any company, school or business logo and embroider it onto fabric, be it a shirt, T-shirt or jacket,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>The machine also allows him to stitch decorative patterns onto the African shirts and dresses, something which has been done by hand up to now.<\/p>\n<p>Katila is in his shop at the Horseshoe Market in Katutura from Monday to Saturday and, if the workload is high, even on Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having your own business means a lot of hard work, long hours and lots of dedication,&#8221; said Katila.<\/p>\n<p>His son Angula says he is learning a lot from his father but he also has a few creative ideas of his own which he pitches to his father.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I tell my father my ideas and he listens, as he knows that many of our younger customers like my ideas,&#8221; said Angula.<\/p>\n<p>Together they make a great team and with the new embroidery machine on its way, the business is sure to flourish and expand.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104250364.html\" title=\"Veteran Tailor Gets a Boost\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veteran Tailor Gets a Boost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tanja Bause 20 April 2011 NICKY Katila is one of 72 war veterans who have received a grant from the Ministry of Veterans&#8217; Affairs to either start a small business or to expand their existing business. 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