Dawid Bezuidenhout (7 September 1935, in Keetmanshoop – 7 August 1998, in Windhoek) was a teacher and politician in South West Africa (now Namibia).
[1] A teacher by profession, Bezuidenhout entered politics in South West Africa in 1959 as the founding vice president of the South West Africa Coloured Organisation.
In 1985, Bezuidenhout became the minister of transport of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGNU), a puppet government of South Africa prior to Namibia's independence.
Dawid Bezuidenhout High School in Khomasdal is named after him.
[3][4] Bezuidenhout retired from politics in 1995 and died on 7 August 1998 in Windhoek.