Dawid Boois

Dawid Boois (born 13 January 1952) is a Namibian politician and educator. A member of SWAPO, Boois was the Governor of the southern ǁKaras Region and a member of the National Assembly from 2000-2005.[1] In the 2010 regional elections, Boois won the Berseba Constituency with 1,225 votes.[2] He remained Berseba councillor also after the 2015 regional elections which he won with 1,774 votes.[3] As an educator, Boois was a teacher at the Ecumenical Community Secondary School in Berseba.[1]

Boois was involved in a controversy regarding the different factions of the traditional leadership of the ǀHaiǀKhaua (Berseba Orlam) subtribe of the Nama people. 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. Eventually Boois supported the unity of the tribe by reconciling with fellow former Karas governor Stephanus Goliath early in 2011.[4]

Business interests

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. He also owns a restaurant and hotel in ǁKaras Region.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dawid Boois Namibia Institute for Democracy
  2. ↑ Election results from Electoral Commission of Namibia
  3. ↑ "Regional Council Election Results 2015" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 3 December 2015. p. 1.
  4. ↑ Boois and Goliath bury the hatchet The Namibian, 25 February 2011


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