SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses delivering her Sate of the Region Address. She is dressed in the uniform of the National Youth Service, in solidarity with the Namibian youth and their plight in fighting against unemployment. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

UIS, 16 June 2026 - Uis in the Erongo Region, was upgraded from settlement to town status, becoming the region’s eighth local authority, ǀGoagoses said in her second State of the Region Address delivered in Swakopmund, with N.dollars 1 million allocated for an Infrastructure Master Plan and N.dollars 8.5 million for an ongoing bulk water pipeline. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - In the Picture: Rössing Uranium is Johan Coetzee. Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 15 June 2026 - Senior councillor of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority Fabianus Uaseuapuani during an interview with Nampa ahead of the SORA in the Erongo Region. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

Currency dealers stand in front of a screen showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) as it breaks 9,000 points in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 18, 2026. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index topped 9,000 points for the first time on June 18, on the back of a tech-fuelled rally led by chip titans Samsung and SK hynix. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

A currency dealer stands in front of a screen showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) as it breaks 9,000 points in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 18, 2026. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index topped 9,000 points for the first time on June 18, on the back of a tech-fuelled rally led by chip titans Samsung and SK hynix. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Currency dealers stand in front of a screen showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) as it breaks 9,000 points in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 18, 2026. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index topped 9,000 points for the first time on June 18, on the back of a tech-fuelled rally led by chip titans Samsung and SK hynix. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Currency dealers stand in front of a screen showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) as it breaks 9,000 points in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 18, 2026. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index topped 9,000 points for the first time on June 18, on the back of a tech-fuelled rally led by chip titans Samsung and SK hynix. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as a screen shows South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) as it breaks 9,000 points in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 18, 2026. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index topped 9,000 points for the first time on June 18, on the back of a tech-fuelled rally led by chip titans Samsung and SK hynix. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

London's Mayor Sadiq Khan (R) and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike visit the observation deck on the 45th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

London's Mayor Sadiq Khan (R) and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike visit the observation deck on the 45th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

London's Mayor Sadiq Khan (L) and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike visit the observation deck on the 45th floor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Tokyo on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)