Clara Gowases
Clara ǁGowases (born 1960; died 2020) is a Namibian teacher and politician. Gowases was elected the chairperson of the Republican Party in September 2009 and subsequently listed second on the party's electoral list for the 2009 general election.[1] Gowases missed out on being elected to the National Assembly as the party only won a single seat. In the February 2010 regional elections, Gowases ran to represent Windhoek Rural in the Regional Council of Khomas Region and was narrowly defeated by SWAPO's . In March 2011, party president and National Assembly member Henk Mudge resigned and Gowases replaced him in both posts. She was a teacher by profession.[2]
In her inaugural speech to the National Assembly, Gowases criticised the SWAPO-led government for allegedly favouring construction firms from China over neighbouring South African firms. She also criticised government-affiliated trade unions for not criticising Chinese firms for abuses.[3]
She died of cancer in Windhoek on 13 June 2020.[4]
References[]
- ^ "RP elects new leaders" Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine New Era, 29 September 2009.
- ^ "Mudge resigns as RP leader" New Era, 16 March 2011.
- ^ "Gowases cries foul about Chinese" The Namibian, 7 April 2011.
- ^ Sakeus Iileka: MP Gowases dies The Namibian, 15 June 2020.
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