Clara Gowases

Clara Gowases (1960-2020) was 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 March 2011, party president and National Assembly member Henk Mudge resigned and Gowases replaced him in both posts.

[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.