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, 13 September 2026 - One Economy Foundation Executive Chairperson and United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate Monica Geingos. (Photo: Contributed)

NKURENKURU, 13 September 2026- Kavango West Governor Verna Sinimbo speaking at the Namibia’s National Prayer Day 2026, in Nkurenkuru on Saturday. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Vice President Lucia Witbooi, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare and members of parliament joined hundreds of Namibians at the Independence Arena to observe the National Day of Prayer. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Hundreds gathered at the Independence Arena in Windhoek to observe the National Day of Prayer, uniting to seek divine intervention against social challenges. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addresses the nation at the Independence Arena in Katutura during the National Day of Prayer, calling for behavioral transformation to save lives. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaeku) NAMPA.

KATIMA MULILO, 12 September 2026 – Hundreds of people gathered at Kamunu Hall in Katima Mulilo on Saturday to join the rest of the country in observing National Day of Prayer. (Photo: Contributed)

KATIMA MULILO, 12 September 2026 - Zambezi Governor, Dorothy Kabula-Simushi delivered the regional keynote address at the National Day of Prayer. (Photo: Contributed)

(260914) -- BERLIN, Sept. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Angel Reese (C) of the United States shoots during the final match between the United States and France at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 13, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

(260914) -- BERLIN, Sept. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Players of the United States celebrate victory after the final match between the United States and France at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 13, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

Soldiers keep watch as voters head to a polling station in Marawi City on the southern island of Mindanao on September 14, 2026, for the first elected parliament in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines' far south. Voters across the Philippines' autonomous Muslim region began casting ballots for their first elected parliament on September 14, hours after gun violence left at least three people dead outside a polling station. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)

(FILES) Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto reacts against China's Liang Jingkun during their Men's Teams final match at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Wembley Arena, west London on May 10, 2026. Tomokazu Harimoto and his younger sister Miwa have followed in their parents' footsteps by becoming professional table tennis players -- but took their own path by representing Japan instead of rivals China. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)

(FILES) Japan's Miwa Harimoto serves against China's Wang Manyu during their Women's Teams final match at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Wembley Arena, west London on May 10, 2026. Tomokazu Harimoto and his younger sister Miwa have followed in their parents' footsteps by becoming professional table tennis players -- but took their own path by representing Japan instead of rivals China. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)

Voters are searched by soldiers before entering a polling station in Marawi City on the southern island of Mindanao on September 14, 2026, for the first elected parliament in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the Philippines' far south. Voters across the Philippines' autonomous Muslim region began casting ballots for their first elected parliament on September 14, hours after gun violence left at least three people dead outside a polling station. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)

US President Donald Trump steps off Marine One on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2026. Trump is returning from Ireland where he attended the Irish Open golf tournament at his family's course in Doonbeg over the weekend. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

US actor Gabriel Basso attends the premiere of "Love Of Your Life" during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on September 13, 2026. The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) runs September 10-20, 2026. (Photo by Cole Burston / AFP)