Education
Jooste graduated from Paul Roos Gimnasium and later from Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, in 1991, with a Bachelor in archaeology.
Jooste graduated from Paul Roos Gimnasium and later from Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa, in 1991, with a Bachelor in archaeology.
In 2005, he was elected on the SWAPO Party list and appointed as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism in Hifikepunye Pohamba"s first cabinet. Jooste is a White Namibian with experience in tourism. Under President Hage Geingob, Jooste was appointed as Minister of Public Enterprises in March 2015.
A member of SWAPO, he was appointed to replace Gerhard Tötemeyer in the National Assembly of Namibia.