Dawid Boois

Who is Dawid Boois?

Dawid Boois is a Namibian politician and educator. A member of SWAPO, Boois was the Governor of the southern Karas Region and a member of the National Assembly from 2000-2005. In the 2010 regional elections, Boois won the Berseba Constituency with 1,225 votes. As an educator, Boois was a teacher at the Ecumenical Community Secondary School in Berseba.

Boois was involved in a controversy regarding the different factions of the traditional leadership of the ǀHaiǀKhaua 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.