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) -- XIGAZE, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People unload instant noodles from a vehicle in Gyirong Town of Gyirong County, Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. Six vehicles loaded with relief supplies, including instant noodles, rice, flour, mineral water and other daily necessities, arrived in Gyirong Town on Thursday afternoon. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

(260827) -- XIGAZE, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People unload instant noodles from a vehicle in Gyirong Town of Gyirong County, Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. Six vehicles loaded with relief supplies, including instant noodles, rice, flour, mineral water and other daily necessities, arrived in Gyirong Town on Thursday afternoon. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

(260827) -- XIGAZE, Aug. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People unload instant noodles from a vehicle in Gyirong Town of Gyirong County, Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 27, 2026. Six vehicles loaded with relief supplies, including instant noodles, rice, flour, mineral water and other daily necessities, arrived in Gyirong Town on Thursday afternoon. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Rescued residents disembark a helicopter at an army camp following flash floods, in Battar Bazar town of Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Rescue teams rushed on August 27 to find more than 1,300 people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border in flash floods and landslides that killed at least 165 and swept away entire villages. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

Rescued residents disembark a helicopter at an army camp following flash floods, in Battar Bazar town of Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Rescue teams rushed on August 27 to find more than 1,300 people missing on the Nepal-Tibet border in flash floods and landslides that killed at least 165 and swept away entire villages. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP)

A cosplayer is pictured at the Gamescom video games trade fair on the fair grounds in Cologne, western Germany, on August 27, 2026. The 2026 edition of the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, had its opening night on August 25, 2025 and will be running from August 26 to 30, 2026. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

A cosplayer is pictured at the Gamescom video games trade fair on the fair grounds in Cologne, western Germany, on August 27, 2026. The 2026 edition of the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, had its opening night on August 25, 2025 and will be running from August 26 to 30, 2026. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

A cosplayer is pictured at the Gamescom video games trade fair on the fair grounds in Cologne, western Germany, on August 27, 2026. The 2026 edition of the vast Gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, had its opening night on August 25, 2025 and will be running from August 26 to 30, 2026. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)