WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 – Warrant Officer Julia Ndeulyatele and her colleagues who formed part of the protection team for the late First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism on Thursday held a Traditional Seed Fair at the Sharukwe Community Seed Bank in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia headquarters in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

KALKRAND, 30 October 2026 - The inaugural Kalkrand Marketing Expo officially started on Thursday. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises)

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Sharukwe Community Seed Bank at Sharukwe village in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NANKUTWE, 28 October 2026 - The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has donated sanitary pads and toiletries to learners at Nankutwe Combined School in the Kabbe South Constituency of the Zambezi Region. Pictured here is Colonel Glenda Lukubwe Simasiku, the Senior Staff Officer heading the Gender Division at MODVA, who spoke at the ceremony on behalf of the NDF Women’s Network. (Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 29 October 2026 - Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) will invest approximately N$13 million over five years in a project aimed at improving water security in the Swakop River Basin, following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with WWF Namibia and Global Water Challenge (GWC) on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

OTJIWARONGO, 29 October 2026 - Okakarara Health Directorate Practitioner Olivia Mbabi speaks at an information-sharing session in Otjiwarongo on Thursday. (Photo: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Riot police accompany a demonstration in Berlin on October 31, 2026. The German demonstrations have been inspired by similar movements across Europe, including in France and Italy, which have seen young protesters voice anger at political elites whom they accuse of ignoring their concerns. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

Pakistan's players celebrate with the trophy after their team's win at the end of the one-day international (ODI) tri-series final cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Gaddafi Stadium of Lahore on October 31, 2026. (Photo by ARIF ALI / AFP)

Protesters and riot police stand off after a demonstration organised by "GenZ regelt!" (Gen Z has got this!) in Cologne on October 31, 2026. The German demonstrations have been inspired by similar movements across Europe, including in France and Italy, which have seen young protesters voice anger at political elites whom they accuse of ignoring their concerns. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP)

A French law enforcement officer in riot gear holds a grenade during nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students, in Montpellier, southern France on October 31, 2026. "Exceptional" security deployment with 70,000 police officers and gendarmes mobilized and an alarmist tone: for Act III of the protests against the high cost of living, right in the middle of Halloween festivities, the authorities fear a repeat of the October 17 nightmare. France has been rocked by widespread anger over the rising cost of living and inequality. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP)

Pakistan's captain Shaheen Shah Afridi (C) celebrates with the trophy after his team's win at the end of the one-day international (ODI) tri-series final cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Gaddafi Stadium of Lahore on October 31, 2026. (Photo by ARIF ALI / AFP)

French Republican Security Corps (CRS - Compagnies Republicaines de Securite) police officers stand next to a water cannon vehicle spraying water during nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students, in Montpellier, southern France on October 31, 2026. "Exceptional" security deployment with 70,000 police officers and gendarmes mobilized and an alarmist tone: for Act III of the protests against the high cost of living, right in the middle of Halloween festivities, the authorities fear a repeat of the October 17 nightmare. France has been rocked by widespread anger over the rising cost of living and inequality. (Photo by Sylvain THOMAS / AFP)

TOPSHOT - A protestor wearing a 'Spiderman' mask walks through clouds of teargas during nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students, in Paris on October 31, 2026. "Exceptional" security deployment with 70,000 police officers and gendarmes mobilized and an alarmist tone: for Act III of the protests against the high cost of living, right in the middle of Halloween festivities, the authorities fear a repeat of the October 17 nightmare. France has been rocked by widespread anger over the rising cost of living and inequality. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)

Protesters react in a cloud of tear gas near Porte de Charenton during nationwide demonstrations over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students, in Paris on October 31, 2026. "Exceptional" security deployment with 70,000 police officers and gendarmes mobilized and an alarmist tone: for Act III of the protests against the high cost of living, right in the middle of Halloween festivities, the authorities fear a repeat of the October 17 nightmare. France has been rocked by widespread anger over the rising cost of living and inequality. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)