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Rosina ǁHoabes

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
Bornc. 1961 (age 62–63)
Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
Political partySWAPO
Children3
EducationRhodes University

Career edit

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 edit

  1. ^ The ǁ character represents a tenuis lateral click in the Khoisan languages and is sometimes rendered as // in text

References edit

  1. ^ Barnard, Maggi (31 January 2003). "Namibia: Swakop's New Mayor Ready to Put Shoulder to the Wheel". The Namibian (Windhoek). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Namibian Government Gazette". 1 December 2004. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ^ "2005 News Archive". Swakopmund Municipality. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  4. ^ "Jetty comes to life again". Namibia Informant. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ^ Hartman, Adam (10 May 2007). "Namibia: Rosina Hoabes Gets Re-Elected". The Namibian (Windhoek). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Swakopmund elects female mayor again". New Era Newspaper Namibia. 7 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Public Policy Forum Barcelona 2008" (PDF). Cities Alliance. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Loan agreement - World Bank Documents & Reports". World Bank. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  9. ^ "2010 News Archive". Swakopmund Municipality. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  10. ^ "The Namibian". 9 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Coastal facts and figures at your fingertips". Namibia Economist. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  12. ^ "2012 News Archive". Swakopmund Municipality. Archived from the original on 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  13. ^ "Swakopmund council tables ambitious budget". New Era Newspaper Namibia. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Kambueshe elected candidate for by-election". Lela Mobile. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  15. ^ "New office building for RFLAUN". New Era Newspaper Namibia. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Africa's Mayors play a starring role" (PDF). Africa Travel Magazine. Africa Travel Association. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Swakopmunder Lightbeams" (PDF). Swakopmund Municipal Newsletter March 2017.[permanent dead link]
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