WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addressing the crowd during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – Namibian leaders (from left): Vice President Lucia Witbooi, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, First Gentleman retired Army General Epapharas Ndenga Ndaitwah, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, pictured during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has granted national hero status to 16-year-old Cornelius Tulotokela Shimwaafeni, making him the youngest recipient in history. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) mobile office at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK 26 August 2026 - Bank Windhoek Managing Director, James Chapman. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OSHIKUNDE, 17 August 2026 - Former war veterans who were injured in the armed liberation struggle, Anna Thomas and her husband, Julius Petrus, at their home in Omutwewomunhu village, Oshikunde Constituency. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 August 2026 - Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Manager for Licensing, Standards and Regulatory Compliance, Sheleen Kavikairiua. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 25 August 2026 - Emilia Nghikembua, Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia's (CRAN) Chief Executive Officer (L); Silvester Wayiti, NORED’s Chief Executive Officer (R) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance infrastructure developmet. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Army cadets march as Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella leads the change of command ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military School in Bogota on August 26, 2026. Colombia's new hard-right government announced on August 25, 2026, plans to classify guerrilla fighters, drug traffickers and other criminal groups as "terrorists." (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)

TOPSHOT - Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella attends the change of command ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military School in Bogota on August 26, 2026. Colombia's new hard-right government announced on August 25, 2026, plans to classify guerrilla fighters, drug traffickers and other criminal groups as "terrorists." (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)

(FILES) Uruguayan musician and songwriter Ruben Rada performs during the Medio y Medio music festival at Circo Voador in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 5, 2025. Uruguayan musician and composer Ruben Rada, who forged a distinctive musical identity by blending candombe with genres such as rock and jazz, died of pneumonia at the age of 83 on August 26, 2026, his family announced. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)

(FILES) Uruguayan musician and songwriter Ruben Rada performs during the Medio y Medio music festival at Circo Voador in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 5, 2025. Uruguayan musician and composer Ruben Rada, who forged a distinctive musical identity by blending candombe with genres such as rock and jazz, died of pneumonia at the age of 83 on August 26, 2026, his family announced. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)

Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella delivers a speech during the change of command ceremony at the Jose Maria Cordova Military School in Bogota on August 26, 2026. Colombia's new hard-right government announced on August 25, 2026, plans to classify guerrilla fighters, drug traffickers and other criminal groups as "terrorists." (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)

Aerial view of the Lempa River, El Salvador's main river, showing significantly reduced water levels amid a severe drought in Usulutan department, El Salvador, on August 26, 2026. The prolonged lack of rainfall, associated with the El Nino phenomenon, has sharply reduced the river's flow, worsening water shortages affecting agriculture, livestock and rural communities. El Salvador declared a nationwide red alert for meteorological and agricultural drought on August 25, 2026. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP)

Aerial view of the Lempa River, El Salvador's main river, showing significantly reduced water levels amid a severe drought in Usulutan department, El Salvador, on August 26, 2026. The prolonged lack of rainfall, associated with the El Nino phenomenon, has sharply reduced the river's flow, worsening water shortages affecting agriculture, livestock and rural communities. El Salvador declared a nationwide red alert for meteorological and agricultural drought on August 25, 2026. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP)

Aerial view of the Lempa River, El Salvador's main river, showing significantly reduced water levels amid a severe drought in Usulutan department, El Salvador, on August 26, 2026. The prolonged lack of rainfall, associated with the El Nino phenomenon, has sharply reduced the river's flow, worsening water shortages affecting agriculture, livestock and rural communities. El Salvador declared a nationwide red alert for meteorological and agricultural drought on August 25, 2026. (Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP)