Rosina ǁHoabes explained

Rosina ǁHoabes
Office1:Mayor of Swakopmund
Term3:December 2015 - ?
2 December 2010 - 16 November 2012
January 2003 - 2008
Party:SWAPO
Birth Date:c.
Birth Place:Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
Education:Rhodes University
Children:3

Rosina ǁHoabes[1] (born c. 1961) is a Namibian politician.

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.[2] 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.[3] [4] 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.[5]

ǁHoabes was re-elected mayor of Swakopmund in May 2007 but was out of office by 2008.[6] [7] ǁHoabes was president of Association of Local Authorities of Namibia in 2009.[8] [9] 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.[10] [11] 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.[12]

She was out of office again by 16 November 2012 when she was elected chairperson of the municipality's management committee.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15] [7] She was also appointed chairperson of the Retirement Fund for Local Authorities and Utility Service in Namibia (RFLAUN) in 2015.[16] ǁHoabes was in consideration for the Africa Travel Association's World Mayor Awards.[17] As of 2017, she does not hold a seat on the Swakopmund council.[18]

Notes and References

  1. The ǁ character represents a tenuis lateral click in the Khoisan languages and is sometimes rendered as // in text
  2. News: Barnard. Maggi. Namibia: Swakop's New Mayor Ready to Put Shoulder to the Wheel. 21 November 2017. The Namibian (Windhoek). 31 January 2003.
  3. Web site: Namibian Government Gazette. 1 December 2004. 22 November 2017.
  4. Web site: 2005 News Archive. Swakopmund Municipality. 2017-11-22. 2017-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030603/http://www.swkmun.com.na/news-2005.htm. dead.
  5. News: Jetty comes to life again. 22 November 2017. Namibia Informant. 1 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041501/http://www.informante.web.na/node/31. dead.
  6. News: Hartman. Adam. Namibia: Rosina Hoabes Gets Re-Elected. 21 November 2017. The Namibian (Windhoek). 10 May 2007.
  7. News: Swakopmund elects female mayor again. 21 November 2017. New Era Newspaper Namibia. 7 December 2015. en-ZA. 8 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180708152938/https://www.newera.com.na/2015/12/07/swakopmund-elects-female-mayor/. dead.
  8. Web site: Public Policy Forum Barcelona 2008. Cities Alliance. 22 November 2017. 6 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130906193859/http://www.citiesalliance.org/sites/citiesalliance.org/files/CA_Docs/members-pages/Public%20Policy%20Forum%20Programme%2020-21%20Jan09.pdf. dead.
  9. Web site: Loan agreement - World Bank Documents & Reports. World Bank. 21 November 2017.
  10. Web site: 2010 News Archive. Swakopmund Municipality. 2017-11-22. 2017-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042520/http://www.swkmun.com.na/news-2010.htm. dead.
  11. News: The Namibian. 22 November 2017. 9 November 2010. en. 1 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032348/https://www.namibian.com.na/print.php?id=72760&type=2. dead.
  12. News: Coastal facts and figures at your fingertips. 22 November 2017. Namibia Economist. 15 June 2012. en.
  13. Web site: 2012 News Archive. Swakopmund Municipality. 2017-11-22. 2019-09-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20190910214850/http://www.swkmun.com.na/news-2012.htm. dead.
  14. News: Swakopmund council tables ambitious budget. 21 November 2017. New Era Newspaper Namibia. 8 June 2015. en-ZA. 27 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160327154443/https://www.newera.com.na/2015/06/08/swakopmund-council-tables-ambitious-budget/. dead.
  15. News: Kambueshe elected candidate for by-election. 22 November 2017. Lela Mobile.
  16. News: New office building for RFLAUN. 21 November 2017. New Era Newspaper Namibia. 29 June 2015. en-ZA. 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419025421/https://www.newera.com.na/2015/06/29/office-building-rflaun/. dead.
  17. Web site: Africa's Mayors play a starring role. Africa Travel Magazine. Africa Travel Association. 22 November 2017.
  18. Web site: Swakopmunder Lightbeams. Swakopmund Municipal Newsletter March 2017.

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