Willem Rudolph Appollus (born 23 September 1946 in

Keetmanshoop Keetmanshoop is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is named after , a German Empire, German industrialist and benefactor of the city. Keetmanshoop had a population of 27,862 people in 2023. History Before the colonial era, ...

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 ...

) is a

Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...

n politician and schoolteacher. Appollus joined

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 ...

in the late 1980s and was one of the two representatives of ǁKaras Region in the

National Council of Namibia The National Council is the upper chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. It reviews bills passed by the lower chamber and makes recommendations for legislation of regional concern to the lower chamber. The 42 National Council members are i ...

from 2004 to 2010.Willem Appollus
''Namibian Institute for Democracy'' Appollus began teaching in Oosterheim Junior Secondary School in

Aroab Aroab is a List of villages and settlements in Namibia, village in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It had 2,651 inhabitants in 2023. Geography Aroab is situated about south-east of Keetmanshoop on the edge of the Kalahari desert; the av ...

, Karas Region in 1975. From 1984 to 1986, he received teacher training in

Oudtshoorn Oudtshoorn (, ) is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located between the Swartberg mountains to the north and the Outeniqua Mountains to the south. Dubbed the "ostrich capital of the world", Oudtshoorn is known for its ostric ...

in the

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. He returned to Aroab and taught there until 2004. In 1998, Appollus was elected councillor of

Keetmanshoop Rural Keetmanshoop Rural is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It covers an area of and contains the Krönlein suburb of Keetmanshoop and the villages of Koës and Aroab, the settlements of Seeheim and Klein Karas, as well ...

constituency. In 2004 he was re-elected, receiving 1,095 of the 2,597 votes cast. Appollus was subsequently elected to represent the ǁKaras Region in the National Council. He served until the end of his term in 2010 and did not seek re-election. His seat in the Aroab constituency office was won by Jims Christian, also of SWAPO.

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1946 births Living people People from Keetmanshoop SWAPO politicians Members of the National Council (Namibia) Namibian educators Namibian expatriates in South Africa {{Namibia-politician-stub