Rosina ǁHoabes
Namibian politician
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Rosina ǁHoabes[footnote 1] (born c. 1961) is a Namibian politician.
Rosina ǁHoabes | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Swakopmund | |
| In office December 2015 - ? 2 December 2010 - 16 November 2012 January 2003 - 2008 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1961 (age 64–65) Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia |
| Party | SWAPO |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Rhodes University |
Career
Rosina ǁHoabes was a full-time advisor on biology, life sciences and natural sciences education at the Khorixas Regional Education Office prior to becoming a politician. She is married with three children. ǁHoabes was also studying part-time for a master's degree when she was first elected mayor of Swakopmund, Namibia's fourth largest city in January 2003.[1] On 16 November 2004 she was appointed a member of the national housing advisory committee for a three-year term by Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing, Joel Kaapanda.[2][3] During ǁHoabes' first tenure as mayor, the city's 1882 jetty was refurbished at a cost of N$4 million, having been closed for seven years on safety grounds. The reopened structure housed shops, tourist facilities and a bar.[4]
ǁHoabes was re-elected mayor of Swakopmund in May 2007 but was out of office by 2008.[5][6] ǁHoabes was president of Association of Local Authorities of Namibia in 2009.[7][8] She stood for a seat as councillor representing the SWAPO party in 2010, she was successful and was re-elected mayor by the council on 2 December 2010.[9][10] In June 2012, as mayor, ǁHoabes launched the Namibia's Coast: ocean riches and desert treasures book on behalf of the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.[11]
She was out of office again by 16 November 2012 when she was elected chairperson of the municipality's management committee.[12] In 2015 she raised water, sewerage, refuse, and housing rates to pay for new capital expenditure on council centres, museums, public buildings, sewerage and road works.[13] ǁHoabes lost out in the first round of the April 2015 SWAPO internal elections for mayor to Juuso Kambueshe but was elected mayor again in December 2015.[14][6] She was also appointed chairperson of the Retirement Fund for Local Authorities and Utility Service in Namibia (RFLAUN) in 2015.[15] ǁHoabes was in consideration for the Africa Travel Association's World Mayor Awards.[16] As of 2017, she does not hold a seat on the Swakopmund council.[17]
Footnotes
- The ǁ character represents a tenuis lateral click in the Khoisan languages and is sometimes rendered as // in text