Berseba is a constituency in the

ǁKaras Region The ǁKharas Region (pronounced , with a lateral click, former name Karas Region, without the click) is the southernmost, largest, and least densely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia; its capital is Keetmanshoop. The name assigned to the r ...

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. The main settlement is

Berseba Berseba () is a village in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is situated near the Brukkaros Mountain, a famous tourist destination. Berseba had 992 inhabitants in 2023. Geography Berseba is situated north-west of Keetmanshoop near ...

. the constituency had 6,659 registered voters. Berseba constituency covers an area of and contains the Brukkaros crater and the settlements of Snyfontein, Helmeringhausen,

Tses Tses () is a village in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It had 2,053 inhabitants in 2023. Geography Tses is situated one kilometre off the main B1 highway from Windhoek to Noordoewer, opposite the turning to Berseba and the Brukkaro ...

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, and

Goageb Goageb is a former settlement in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is situated on the B4, south of Bethanie, west of Seeheim and east of Lüderitz Lüderitz is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It lies on one ...

. It had a population of 10,589 in 2011, up from 9,064 in 2001. The first

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s in Namibia were found in this area in 1898, while oil was found in 1929.

Politics

Berseba Constituency is traditionally a stronghold of the

South West Africa People's Organization The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO ; , SWAVO; , SWAVO), officially known as the SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia (formerly South West Africa). Founded in 1960, it has been ...

(SWAPO) party. In the 2004 regional elections, former parliamentarian Dawid Boois (SWAPO) was elected with 1,724 of the 3,591 votes cast. Boois, by then governor of ǁKaras, was reelected in the 2010 regional elections with 1,225 votes. He defeated challengers Aron Lucas Stephanus of

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(558 votes), Regina Kuhlman of

Democratic Turnhalle Alliance The Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), formerly Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), is an amalgamation of political parties in Namibia, registered as one singular party for representation purposes. In coalition with the United Democratic Front ...

(DTA, 397 votes), Hendrik Christiaan Humphries of the

Democratic Party of Namibia The Democratic Party of Namibia is a political party in Namibia, launched in July 2008 at Keetmanshoop. Although it constitutes an initiative of the Nama people, the party plans to focus on all ethnic minorities in Namibia. It positions itself i ...

(DP, 296 votes) and Bernardt Barry Stephanus of

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(CoD, 126 votes). Boois was again reelected in the 2015 regional elections with 1,774 votes. Diederik Isaak Vries of the DTA obtained 901 votes, and Trougot Metusalag Kaffer of the RDP obtained 148 votes. The 2020 regional election was won by Jeremias Gooieman of the

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(LPM, a new party registered in 2018). He obtained 1,822 votes. The SWAPO candidate, Steve Sensus Ovambo, came second with 1,127 votes.

References

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