Jennifer Van den Heever
Biography
[edit]Jennifer Muriel Van Den Heever (born 21 January 1962) is a Namibian politician. She currently serves as chief whip of the official opposition, the Popular Democratic Movement in the parliament of Namibia. She was elected to parliament in 2014 and has served on various parliamentary committees.
Quotes
[edit]- The courts must send a clear message that such behaviour will not be tolerated and that perpetrators will face the full consequences of the law
- To see this bond violated in such a grotesque manner is both shocking and heartbreaking
- It is essential that these children receive the necessary trauma counselling and physical care to help them recover from the emotional and psychological scars inflicted upon them
- Drug and alcohol addiction is a global problem. The ways in which governments around the world react offer a plethora of new ideas on helping addicts, removing stigma and starving the markets exploiting vulnerable people
- This should be the main premise of the Ministry of Health and Social Services. It is therefore high time that the government ensure all people have access to the needed promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative services of sufficient quality to be effective, while ensuring this does not expose the user to financial hardships
- It is completely unacceptable for the National Assembly to have principally agreed to the withdrawal of the land bill on the basis that it would be discussed after the Second National Land Conference
