KARASBURG, 21 March 2026 - The Presidency on Saturday issued a formal message to mark the 64th birthday of Vice President Lucia Witbooi (middle) describing her as one of Namibia’s “distinguished daughters”. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA
KEETMANSHOOP, 21 March 2026 - The //Kharas Region has officially commenced the national celebrations for Namibia’s 36th Independence Anniversary at the Karasburg Sports Ground on Saturday morning. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA
OMUTHIYA - The entrance to the Omuthiya Police Station. (Photo: Contributed)
KEETMANSHOOP, 19 March 2026 - Governor of the ||Kharas Region, Dawid Gertze, on Thursday stated that the inauguration of the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre (KVTC) will contribute directly to strengthening the economic resilience of the region. Gertze made these remarks during the official opening of the technical institution in Keetmanshoop. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA
KEETMANSHOOP, 19 March 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, on Thursday during the official inauguration of the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre (KVTC). (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA
KEETMANSHOOP, 19 March 2026 - Vice President Lucia Witbooi delivers the keynote address and officially opens the Keetmanshoop Vocational Training Centre. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 19 March 2026 - Affirmative Repositioning (AR) Member of Parliament and Chief Whip, Vaino Tuhafeni Hangula. (Photo: Contributed)
19 March 2026 - The Independence Day celebration logo for 2026. (Photo: Contributed)
Switzerland's Simon Ehammer reacts after finishing first in the men's heptathlon 60 metres hurdles heat 2 during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 21, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
A girl shields from the rain as a member of the protocol carries flowers to the graves of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at the Phelindaba Cemetery in Sharpeville, on March 21, 2026. The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng) to protest against the pass laws. Today South Africa remembers the victims in what has become Human Rights Day. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
Switzerland's Simon Ehammer reacts after finishing first in the men's heptathlon 60 metres hurdles heat 2 during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 21, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
Switzerland's Simon Ehammer reacts with the mascot after finishing first in the men's heptathlon 60 metres hurdles heat 2 during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 21, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
A member of the protocol deposes flowers on the graves of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at the Phelindaba Cemetery in Sharpeville, on March 21, 2026. The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng) to protest against the pass laws. Today South Africa remembers the victims in what has become Human Rights Day. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
A member of the protocol carries flowers to the graves of the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at the Phelindaba Cemetery in Sharpeville, on March 21, 2026. The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng) to protest against the pass laws. Today South Africa remembers the victims in what has become Human Rights Day. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
Elisabeth (C) speaks to other women at the grave of her mother, Paulina Mamotshab who was killed on March 21, 1960 together with dozens of others during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at the Phelindaba Cemetery in Sharpeville, on March 21, 2026. The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng) to protest against the pass laws. Today South Africa remembers the victims in what has become Human Rights Day. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)
A member of the protocol adjusts chairs ahead of a ceremony commemorating the dozens killed on March 21, 1960 during what is remembered as the Sharpeville Massacre, at the Phelindaba Cemetery in Sharpeville, on March 21, 2026. The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960, when police opened fire on a crowd of people who had assembled outside the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng) to protest against the pass laws. Today South Africa remembers the victims in what has become Human Rights Day. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)