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

A French Gendarme who is partly burning tries to extinguish the fire in a street as facing protesters at the end of a protest march 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 Sameer AL-DOUMY / AFP)

Sweden's #19 Sara Hjalmarsson celebrates with her team mates after scoring 1-0 during the Women's "Euro Ice Hockey Tour" ice hockey match between Sweden and Finland at Scaniarinken in Sodertalje, Sweden on October 31, 2026. (Photo by Viktoria BANK / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT

Valery (R), 66, Igor (C), 49, and Svitlana (L), 90, evacuated from the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky during a humanitarian mission sit in a bus upon their arrival at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on October 31, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Residents of the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, ravaged by years of war, arrived in Ukraine on October 31, 2026 after being evacuated via Belarus during a rare truce brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Zinaida, 90, evacuated from the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky during a humanitarian mission, reacts sitting in an ambulance upon her arrival at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on October 31, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Residents of the Russian-controlled city of Oleshky, ravaged by years of war, arrived in Ukraine on October 31, 2026 after being evacuated via Belarus during a rare truce brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

A protester with a mask referencing Ghostface, a character from the Scream movie franchise stands next to a street fire on tram rails and holds a doll referencing Pokemon character Charmander 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 Bordeaux, southwestern 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 Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

Finland's national coach Tero Lehterä looks on during the Women's "Euro Ice Hockey Tour" ice hockey match between Sweden and Finland at Scaniarinken in Sodertalje, Sweden on October 31, 2026. (Photo by Viktoria BANK / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT

Flares are lit on the sidelines of a demonstration organised by "GenZ regelt!" (Gen Z has got this!) 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)

Vannes' French scrum-half Clovis Le Bail (R) clears the ball during the French Top 14 rugby union match between Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby (LOU) and RC Vannes at the Gerland Stadium in Lyon, eastern-France, on October 31, 2026. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)