OSHAKATI, 27 August 2026 - CRAN Chief Executive Officer, Emilia Nghikembua, (L) pictured with MTC Chief Technical and Information Officer, Monica Nehemia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - Tresia Shikomba and her mother at their stall at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

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

(260827) -- GYIRONG, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Zhou Feng/Xinhua)

(260827) -- GYIRONG, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Hu Qiwu/Xinhua)

(260827) -- GYIRONG, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Zhang Yiyue/Xinhua)

(260827) -- GYIRONG, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This screenshot from a video clip taken on Aug. 27, 2026 shows a military helicopter hovering over the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The mudslide struck Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xizang, on Wednesday morning. As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, three people had been killed, 558 others remained missing, while two local villagers had been rescued, local authorities said. (Photo by Liu Guanqing/Xinhua)

Security personnel stand at the entrance of the Mother and Child Health ward, a day after the fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital in Islamabad on August 27, 2026. A fire erupted in a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad on August 26 killing 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Security personnel stand in a damaged corridor at the site, a day after a fire at the Mother and Child Health ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital in Islamabad on August 27, 2026. A fire erupted in a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad on August 26 killing 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Security personnel stand in a damaged corridor at the site, a day after a fire at the Mother and Child Health ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital in Islamabad on August 27, 2026. A fire erupted in a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad on August 26 killing 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Badung Police Chief Joseph Edward Purba (C) speaks during a press conference at Badung Police Resort Office, on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on August 27, 2026. An Australian man was arrested at Bali's airport while trying to flee the country after a video of him engaging in an indecent act in an alleyway went viral. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)