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 - 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 - 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

(260916) -- JIAYU, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Farmers plant cabbage seedlings in a field in Jiayu County of Xianning City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 15, 2026. In recent years, Jiayu County has vigorously developed its vegetable industry. By introducing experts teams and scientific research institutions, the county has boosted quality and output of vegetables and increased local farmers' incomes. In the first half of 2026, Jiayu's vegetable plantation area reached 228,000 mu (15,200 hectares) with a total output of 864,300 tonnes, marking a year-on-year growth of 3.27 percent. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)

(260916) -- JIAYU, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 15, 2026 shows a vegetable science and technology demonstration park in Jiayu County of Xianning City, central China's Hubei Province. In recent years, Jiayu County has vigorously developed its vegetable industry. By introducing experts teams and scientific research institutions, the county has boosted quality and output of vegetables and increased local farmers' incomes. In the first half of 2026, Jiayu's vegetable plantation area reached 228,000 mu (15,200 hectares) with a total output of 864,300 tonnes, marking a year-on-year growth of 3.27 percent. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)

(260916) -- JIAYU, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A farmer waters cabbage seedlings in a field in Jiayu County of Xianning City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 15, 2026. In recent years, Jiayu County has vigorously developed its vegetable industry. By introducing experts teams and scientific research institutions, the county has boosted quality and output of vegetables and increased local farmers' incomes. In the first half of 2026, Jiayu's vegetable plantation area reached 228,000 mu (15,200 hectares) with a total output of 864,300 tonnes, marking a year-on-year growth of 3.27 percent. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)

(260916) -- JIAYU, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Pumpkins are pictured at a vegetable science and technology demonstration park in Jiayu County of Xianning City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 15, 2026. In recent years, Jiayu County has vigorously developed its vegetable industry. By introducing experts teams and scientific research institutions, the county has boosted quality and output of vegetables and increased local farmers' incomes. In the first half of 2026, Jiayu's vegetable plantation area reached 228,000 mu (15,200 hectares) with a total output of 864,300 tonnes, marking a year-on-year growth of 3.27 percent. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)

(260916) -- JIAYU, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 15, 2026 shows a vegetable field, also an education base for Huazhong Agricultural University, in Jiayu County of Xianning City, central China's Hubei Province. In recent years, Jiayu County has vigorously developed its vegetable industry. By introducing experts teams and scientific research institutions, the county has boosted quality and output of vegetables and increased local farmers' incomes. In the first half of 2026, Jiayu's vegetable plantation area reached 228,000 mu (15,200 hectares) with a total output of 864,300 tonnes, marking a year-on-year growth of 3.27 percent. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)

(260916) -- JIAYU, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A display screen shows real-time data such as the temperature and humidity of the plots in Panjiawan Town, Jiayu County, Xianning City of central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 15, 2026. In recent years, Jiayu County has vigorously developed its vegetable industry. By introducing experts teams and scientific research institutions, the county has boosted quality and output of vegetables and increased local farmers' incomes. In the first half of 2026, Jiayu's vegetable plantation area reached 228,000 mu (15,200 hectares) with a total output of 864,300 tonnes, marking a year-on-year growth of 3.27 percent. (Xinhua/Lu Jinbo)

(260916) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A Gravity-1 Y3 carrier rocket carrying nine satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Shanghai in east China on Sept. 16, 2026. The launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellites, a new group of Qianfan Constellation satellites and an EUHT technology test satellite, lifted off at 6 a.m. (Beijing Time) atop a Gravity-1 Y3 carrier rocket. The mission was declared a complete success. (Photo by Zhang Shuo/Xinhua)

(260916) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A Gravity-1 Y3 carrier rocket carrying nine satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Shanghai in east China on Sept. 16, 2026. The launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellites, a new group of Qianfan Constellation satellites and an EUHT technology test satellite, lifted off at 6 a.m. (Beijing Time) atop a Gravity-1 Y3 carrier rocket. The mission was declared a complete success. (OrienSpace/Handout via Xinhua)