WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Namibia University of Science and Technology Council Chairperson Leake Hangala. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addresses an engagement with chief executive officers and chairpersons of Namibia's 78 State-owned enterprises, organised by the Public Enterprises CEOs' Forum. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Some of the 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses handed over to beneficiaries in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa speaks during the handover of 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – International Training College Lingua celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for more than 1 200 students in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 AUG (NAMPA) – International Training College Lingua celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for more than 1 200 students in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

(260806) -- BANGKOK, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Xiguang, a representative from the Youth Leaders Community for Global Development (YLCGD) and founder of VAMOS Future Museum in China's Shenzhen, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 3, 2026. The World Tour event of the YLCGD, organized by the Global Development Promotion Center under the China International Development Cooperation Agency, was held here from Aug. 3 to 5. Marking the fifth anniversary of the proposal of the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the event centered on the "Digital South" initiative under the GDI. (Xinhua/Sun Weitong)

(260806) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A guest looks at posters of films screened during the 5th China-Brazil film festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 5, 2026. The 5th China-Brazil film festival held its awarding ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. As part of the events held during the 2026 China-Brazil Cultural Year, the film festival will run from the 3rd to the 25th of this month, screening 19 films from China and Brazil. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

(260806) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 5, 2026 shows the awarding ceremony of the 5th China-Brazil film festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 5th China-Brazil film festival held its awarding ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. As part of the events held during the 2026 China-Brazil Cultural Year, the film festival will run from the 3rd to the 25th of this month, screening 19 films from China and Brazil. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

This aerial photograph shows partially burnt pine trees on a scorched landscape in a forest area hit by the wildfire that swept through the Gironde region in Le Porge (village top), south-western France on August 6, 2026. Around 240 homes were destroyed by the flames, three-quarters of them in the municipality of Le Porge (population 3,500), according to a provisional assessment. No fatalities or civilian injuries have been reported. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

This aerial photograph shows partially burnt pine trees on a scorched landscape in a forest area hit by the wildfire that swept through the Gironde region in Le Porge, south-western France on August 6, 2026. Around 240 homes were destroyed by the flames, three-quarters of them in the municipality of Le Porge (population 3,500), according to a provisional assessment. No fatalities or civilian injuries have been reported. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

(FILES) UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Mexican rider Isaac Del Toro celebrates on the podium with the best young rider's white jersey after the 18th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 185,2 km between Voiron and Orcières-Merlette in the French Alps, on July 23, 2026. Mexican cyclist Isaac Del Toro, who finished third in the last Tour de France at the age of just 22, has extended his contract with UAE until 2031, the UAE-based team announced on August 6, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on December 21, 2023 shows the UEFA logo (top) at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon on December 15, 2014 and the FIFA logo (bottom) at the FIFA Executive Football Summit in Istanbul on February 15, 2019. European football's governing body UEFA said they would maintain their boycott of the men's and women's World Cups on August 6, 2026 despite FIFA withdrawing the plan to open up their competitions to private investment. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI and OZAN KOSE / AFP)

This aerial photograph shows partially burnt pine trees on a scorched landscape in a forest area hit by the wildfire that swept through the Gironde region in Le Porge, south-western France on August 6, 2026. Around 240 homes were destroyed by the flames, three-quarters of them in the municipality of Le Porge (population 3,500), according to a provisional assessment. No fatalities or civilian injuries have been reported. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)