Dawid Boois (born 13 January 1952 in

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 ...

) is a

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n politician and educator. Boois attended St Theresa Secondary School in

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 ...

and

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. He later became a teacher and the principal of Ecumenical Community Secondary School in Berseba.Dawid Boois
Namibia Institute for Democracy A member of

SWAPO 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 ...

, Boois was a member of the

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from 2000 before being appointed governor of the southern

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 ...

in 2004. He since then contested

Berseba Constituency Berseba is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. The main settlement is Berseba. the constituency had 6,659 registered voters. Berseba constituency covers an area of and contains the Brukkaros Mountain, Brukkaros crater and the sett ...

, where he became councillor in 2004 after winning the seat in the 2004 regional elections with 1,724 of the 3,591 votes cast. He was reelected in

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with 1,225 votes, and in

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with 1,774 votes, Boois was involved in a controversy regarding the different factions of the

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ship of the ǀHaiǀKhaua ( Berseba Orlam) subtribe of the

Nama people Nama (in older sources also called Namaqua) are an African ethnic group of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. They traditionally speak the Khoekhoe language, Nama language of the Khoe languages, Khoe-Kwadi language family, although many Nama ...

. He supported a group contesting the legitimacy of the reunification of the Goliath and Isaak rival clans and tried to extend the 50-year-long split of the Berseba

Orlam The Oorlam or Orlam people (also known as Orlaam, Oorlammers, Oerlams, or Orlamse Hottentots) are a subtribe of the Nama people, largely assimilated after their migration from the Cape Colony (today, part of South Africa) to Namaqualand and Dam ...

. Eventually Boois supported the unity of the tribe by reconciling with fellow former ǁKaras governor Stephanus Goliath early in 2011.Boois and Goliath bury the hatchet
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The Namibian ''The Namibian'' is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia. It is published in English and Oshiwambo. History The newspaper was established in 1985 by journalist Gwen Lister as a weekly newspaper reliant on support of donors, which aimed to ...

'', 25 February 2011 According to transparency documents released in 2003 while Boois was a member of the National Assembly, the Berseba-native is a director of Kaiseb Fishing. He also owns 8% of the shares in the company. He also owns over 15,000 shares in Southern Namibia Hake Fishing Industries alongside fellow SWAPO politician

Willem Konjore Reverend Willem Konjore (30 July 1945—11 June 2021) was a Namibian politician. He was a member and a deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia, and served in cabinet from 2005 to 2010. Early life and education Konjore was born on 3 ...

. He also owns a restaurant and hotel in ǁKaras Region.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boois, Dawid 1952 births Living people People from ǁKaras Region Nama people SWAPO politicians Members of the 3rd National Assembly of Namibia Namibian businesspeople Namibian educators