WINDHOEK, 01 OCt 2026 - The newly opened MTC Mobile Home in Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 30 September 2026 - A close up photo of the 176.29-carat natural diamond unveiled at Namdeb in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 30 September 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah views the 176.29-carat natural diamond unveiled by Namdeb on Wednesday. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 30 September 2026 - The Windhoek Show started on Tuesday and ends Saturday. (Photo by: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 30 September 2026 - FirstRand's newly appointed Chief People Officer, Moses Shitaleni. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 30 September 2026 - Legal professionals paying tribute to former Chief Justice Johan Strydom at the Supreme Court. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 30 September 2026 - Former Chief Justice Johan Strydom was remembered on Wednesday as one of the architects of Namibia’s post-independence judiciary. (Photo: Contributed)

OKONDJATU, 30 September 2026 - The Government has allocated N$305 million under the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework to upgrade the extensive 224-kilometre Okondjatu-Hochfeld-Otjozondu-Okahandja road corridor. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

(FILES) This photograph taken on November 29, 2017 in Paris shows sugar grains being poured from a soft drink can. The German Federal Chancellery is blocking the Finance Ministry’s draft for a planned sugar tax. The proposal from the Finance Ministry is "not capable of winning a majority in the government in its current form," government sources said on October 1, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Student march during a demonstration calling for the hiring of substitute teachers, increased resources, and decent learning conditions protest in central Brest in western France, on October 1, 2026. Since late September, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year's heatwaves. The protests started in the Ile-de-France region around Paris but have now spread to other cities nationwide. (Photo by FRED TANNEAU / AFP)

France's Economy, Finances and Industry Minister Roland Lescure (L) and France’s junior Minister for Public Accounts David Amiel attend a press conference following the weekly cabinet meeting (Conseil des ministres) during which the 2027 state draft budget (PLF) and social security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2027 were presented, in Paris, on October 1, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

France's Health Minister Stephanie Rist reacts during a press conference following the weekly cabinet meeting (Conseil des ministres) during which the 2027 state draft budget (PLF) and social security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2027 were presented, in Paris, on October 1, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

France's Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou delivers a speech during a press conference following the weekly cabinet meeting (Conseil des ministres) during which the 2027 state draft budget (PLF) and social security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2027 were presented, in Paris, on October 1, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) run past the Lycee Edouard Herriot secondary school during ongoing protest action by students calling for the hiring of substitute teachers, increased resources, and decent learning conditions, in Lyon, central eastern France, on October 1, 2026. Since late September, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year's heatwaves. The protests started in the Ile-de-France region around Paris but have now spread to other cities nationwide. (Photo by Alex MARTIN / AFP)

This photograph shows a view of a document reading "projet de loi de finances PLF 2027" after the 2027 state draft budget (PLF) and social security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2027 were presented, in Paris, on October 1, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Firefighters extinguish flames at Nelson Mandela High School in Nantes, western France on October 1, 2026. after a 'deliberately set fire' engulfed the lobby of the establishment which was under blockade by students. The lobby of Nelson Mandela High School, in the center of , was destroyed by a fire during the blocking of the school, an AFP journalist observed. A “deliberately set fire,” whose origin has not been specified, was started and spread to the facade of the high school before being brought under control, deputy principal Gaлlle Cordier told AFP.Since late September, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year's heatwaves. The protests started in the Ile-de-France region around Paris but have now spread to other cities nationwide. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP)