SWAKOPMUND, 11 September 2026 - National Planning Commission Director General Ambassador Kaire Mbuende, Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, Chief Regional Officer Sam Ntelamo and other regional leaders among beneficiaries at the Erongo Governor’s Fish Consumption Promotion Project in Swakopmund. (Photo contributed)

WINDHOEK, 14 September 2026 - Petrol and diesel price rises pushed Windhoek's inflation to 5.9% in August 2026, above the national rate of 5.0%, Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) said recently. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - Liberation struggle veteran, former Robben Island prisoner, and lifelong workers' rights advocate Helao Joseph Shityuwete was laid to rest at the Gammams Cemetery in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Sunday following a state funeral. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans Rugby Clubs players while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

A billboard promoting contract army service and reading "5 200 000 rubles for the first year of the contract" (about USD 61 700) is seen in western Moscow on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

A billboard announcing the upcoming election to the Russian State Duma (lower house of Russia's Parliament) is seen in central Moscow on September 14, 2026. Russia will vote for the Duma's election on September 18-20, 2026. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

A woman walks past a monument to a Soviet World War Two (WWII) soldier and buildings of the Moscow International Business Centre (Moskva City) in western Moscow on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

(FILES) UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk looks on during the 63rd session of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on September 7, 2026. The United Nations rights chief called on September 14, 2026 for urgent action to rein in "frontier" artificial intelligence, warning that the technology poses "unprecedented risks". "We are on the cusp of irreversible change, affecting not just us but generations of humanity to come," Volker Turk said in a statement, stressing the need for "urgent action that is adapted to the unprecedented risks posed by frontier AI". (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

(FILES) UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk looks on during the 63rd session of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on September 7, 2026. The United Nations rights chief called on September 14, 2026 for urgent action to rein in "frontier" artificial intelligence, warning that the technology poses "unprecedented risks". "We are on the cusp of irreversible change, affecting not just us but generations of humanity to come," Volker Turk said in a statement, stressing the need for "urgent action that is adapted to the unprecedented risks posed by frontier AI". (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

The CEO of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall Armin Papperger answers journalists during a ceremony to lay the keel for the third fleet service vessel, at the Peene-Werft shipyard in Wolgast, northeastern Germany, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Danny Gohlke / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (C) attends a press conference during a ceremony to lay the keel for the third fleet service vessel, at the Peene-Werft shipyard in Wolgast, northeastern Germany, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Danny Gohlke / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (C) attends a press conference with Rheinmetall Chief Executive Officer Armin Papperger (L) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Premier Manuela Schwesig (R), during a ceremony to lay the keel for the third fleet service vessel, at the Peene-Werft shipyard in Wolgast, northeastern Germany, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Danny Gohlke / AFP)