SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, during the launch of the Roads Authority’s mobile unit, Natis on Wheels. (Photo by: Chelva) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Education officials, school principals, teachers, learners, community leaders and other stakeholders of education attending the Erongo Region Education conference to assess challenges facing the sector. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 June 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare pictured with Ovaherero Chief Professor Mutjinde Katjiua during a recent meeting in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

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

FILED - 05 April 2019, Berlin: FILE PHOTO - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former US President Barack Obama leaves the Chancellery after their meeting. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

French TV host and journalist David Pujadas poses during the TF1 Upfront 2026 photocall in Boulogne-Billancourt on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

French TV host and journalist David Pujadas poses during the TF1 Upfront 2026 photocall in Boulogne-Billancourt on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

Skippers of the Vendee Arctique solo sailing race (RtoL), Italy's Ambrogio Beccaria, France's Elodie Bonafous, France's Nico D'Estais and British Sam Goodchild pay homage to late French skipper Charlie Dalin, before the podium ceremony of the race, in Les Sables-d'Olonne on June 18, 2026. French offshore sailor and Vendee Globe 2024/2025 winner Charlie Dalin has died in Quimper, western France, aged 42, from cancer, his family announced on June 11, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

Skippers of the Vendee Arctique solo sailing race (RtoL), Italy's Ambrogio Beccaria, France's Elodie Bonafous, France's Nico D'Estais and British Sam Goodchild pay homage to late French skipper Charlie Dalin, before the podium ceremony of the race, in Les Sables-d'Olonne on June 18, 2026. French offshore sailor and Vendee Globe 2024/2025 winner Charlie Dalin has died in Quimper, western France, aged 42, from cancer, his family announced on June 11, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

French actress Charlotte Gaccio poses during the TF1 Upfront 2026 photocall in Boulogne-Billancourt, West of Paris, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

French actress Charlotte Gaccio poses during the TF1 Upfront 2026 photocall in Boulogne-Billancourt, West of Paris, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

French TV host Denis Brogniart poses during the TF1 Upfront 2026 photocall in Boulogne-Billancourt, West of Paris, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)