OSHAKATI, 21 March 2026 - Chairperson of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority, Herman Iipumbu, pictured during the 36th independence anniversary celebration in Oshakati. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, speaks at the Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Former Trade and Industry Minister and liberation struggle veteran Ben Amathila pictured at the 36th independence celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Swapo Member of Parliament, Fenny Tutjavi, speaks at the independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

Norway's Sondre Guttormsen competes in the men's pole vault final during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 21, 2026. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)

USA's Zachery Bradford competes in the men's pole vault final during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 21, 2026. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)

A volunteer from the Muslim Ziaee Institute South Africa (ZISA) prepares for a charity drive in the Fietas district in Johannesburg on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr at the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, on March 21, 2026. (Photo by ILARIA FINIZIO / AFP)

(FILES) Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller arrives to testify about his Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election during a House Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 24, 2019. Mueller, the former FBI director who led a politically explosive investigation into President Donald Trump, has died aged 81, US media reported Saturday. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)