WINDHOEK, 22 June 2026 - Plans for Namibia Air are advancing following a significant regulatory breakthrough on Thursday, as the Transport Commission granted Air Operating Licenses to the Ministry of Works and Transport. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

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

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Xinyu (1st L)/Wu Fang-Hsien (2nd L) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova (1st R) shake hands after the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova (L) compete during the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

(260807) -- TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Xinyu (Front)/Wu Fang-Hsien compete during the first round of the women's doubles match between Jiang Xinyu (China)/Wu Fang-Hsien (Chinese Taipei) and Marie Bouzkova/Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 6, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 65th Mechanized Brigade attends a field test of the off-road capabilities of a ground drone in an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region on June 5, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Autonomous ground drone vehicles that crawl the "kill zone" - the kilometres-deep stretch of territory where Russian and Ukrainian drones lurk in the skies, posing a constant danger to anybody below. Ukraine has built a sprawling drone industry from scratch, hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as the best in the world, but the dismissal of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov - one of the most ardent backers of drones - raised some concerns over the future of the sector. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

An employee controls an unmanned ground vehicle in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on June 3, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Autonomous ground drone vehicles that crawl the "kill zone" - the kilometres-deep stretch of territory where Russian and Ukrainian drones lurk in the skies, posing a constant danger to anybody below. Ukraine has built a sprawling drone industry from scratch, hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as the best in the world, but the dismissal of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov - one of the most ardent backers of drones - raised some concerns over the future of the sector. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

An employee maintains a prototype of an unmanned ground combat vehicle in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on June 3, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Autonomous ground drone vehicles that crawl the "kill zone" - the kilometres-deep stretch of territory where Russian and Ukrainian drones lurk in the skies, posing a constant danger to anybody below. Ukraine has built a sprawling drone industry from scratch, hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as the best in the world, but the dismissal of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov - one of the most ardent backers of drones - raised some concerns over the future of the sector. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 65th Mechanized Brigade controls an unmanned vehicle during a field test of the off-road capabilities of a ground drone in an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region on June 5, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Autonomous ground drone vehicles that crawl the "kill zone" - the kilometres-deep stretch of territory where Russian and Ukrainian drones lurk in the skies, posing a constant danger to anybody below. Ukraine has built a sprawling drone industry from scratch, hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as the best in the world, but the dismissal of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov - one of the most ardent backers of drones - raised some concerns over the future of the sector. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Employees maintain a prototype of an unmanned ground combat vehicle in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on June 3, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Autonomous ground drone vehicles that crawl the "kill zone" - the kilometres-deep stretch of territory where Russian and Ukrainian drones lurk in the skies, posing a constant danger to anybody below. Ukraine has built a sprawling drone industry from scratch, hailed by President Volodymyr Zelensky as the best in the world, but the dismissal of popular defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov - one of the most ardent backers of drones - raised some concerns over the future of the sector. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)