WINDHOEK, 10 October 2026 - An architectural design of the proposed Windhoek District Hospital in the Havana suburb. Project proposals and preliminary bulk works are underway, with major construction set to begin in 2027. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 07 October 2026 - Manager of Public Relations and Media Operations Corporate Engagement & International Relations University of Namibia Simon Namesho. (Photo contributed)

Otjozongombe, 07 October 2026- A wildfire burns across grazing areas in the Otjozongombe area of the Opuwo Rural Constituency in the Kunene Region on Wednesday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 October 2026- Omusati Regional Commander Ismael Basson. ( Photo by Eba Kandovazu). NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 October 2026- Oshana Regional Commander, Andreas Shilelo. (Photo contributed). NAMPA

GABORONE, 05 October 2026- National U23 player while warming up ahead of their match against Angola during the 2028 Olympic Qualifiers in Gaborone, Botswana. (Photo: contribute) NAMPA

GABORONE, 05 October 2026- National U23 player Brago Rukoro while warming up ahead of their match against Angola during the 2028 Olympic Qualifiers in Gaborone, Botswana. (Photo: contributed) NAMPA

GABORONE, 05 October 2026- National U23 player while warming up ahead of their match against Angola during the 2028 Olympic Qualifiers in Gaborone, Botswana. (Photo: contribute) NAMPA

(261012) -- WUHAN, Oct. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Xiaobo (1st R), an agricultural technician from central China's Wuhan city, poses for a group photo at a hybrid rice experimental field of Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Sindh province, Pakistan. TO GO WITH "Across China: One seed, a shared harvest: China-Pakistan agricultural cooperation bears fruit" (Xinhua)

(261012) -- WUHAN, Oct. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Su Zhongxiang (R) checks seeds at a laboratory of Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, May 12, 2026. TO GO WITH "Across China: One seed, a shared harvest: China-Pakistan agricultural cooperation bears fruit" (Xinhua/Yue Wenwan)

(FILES) (L-R) Bavaria's State Premier and leader of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) Markus Soeder, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Baerbel Bas (SPD) and German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (SPD) address a press conference, on July 2, 2026 in the garden of the Chancellery in Berlin, one day after their coalition committee consultations on a major package of reforms. Baerbel Bas is stepping down as SPD leader and federal labor minister. In a statement published on October 12, 2026, she also held the coalition partner, the CDU/CSU, responsible. Leading SPD politicians reacted with dismay. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

(FILES) German Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Baerbel Bas, also co-leader of the Social Semocratic (SPD) party, attends a press conference following an SPD leadership meeting in Berlin on September 7, 2026, one day after regional elections in the eastern federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. Baerbel Bas is stepping down as SPD leader and federal labor minister. In a statement published on October 12, 2026, she also held the coalition partner, the CDU/CSU, responsible. Leading SPD politicians reacted with dismay. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

(FILES) Co-leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Baerbel Bas addresses journalists after a SPD leadership meeting at the Willy Brandt House, the party's headquarters, in Berlin on March 27, 2026. Baerbel Bas is stepping down as SPD leader and federal labor minister. In a statement published on October 12, 2026, she also held the coalition partner, the CDU/CSU, responsible. Leading SPD politicians reacted with dismay. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

(FILES) Then outgoing state premier of Rhineland-Palatinate, Alexander Schweitzer, speaks to the media during the Social Democratic Party (SPD) election event after the first exit polls of Rhineland-Palatinate’s state elections on March 22, 2026, in Mainz, southwestern Germany. Following the resignation of Baerbel Bas (SPD) as Germany's labour minister, former Rhineland-Palatinate state premier Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) is to become her successor in the cabinet. This was confirmed to AFP by party sources on October 12, 2026. Bas had previously announced her resignation from the co-leadership of the party and from her ministerial post. (Photo by DANIEL PETER / AFP)

(FILES) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) and then Rhineland-Palatinate's State Premier and member of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) Alexander Schweitzer address a press conference following a meeting with the leaders of the country's federal states on December 4, 2025 at the Chancellery in Berlin. Following the resignation of Baerbel Bas (SPD) as Germany's labour minister, former Rhineland-Palatinate state premier Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) is to become her successor in the cabinet. This was confirmed to AFP by party sources on October 12, 2026. Bas had previously announced her resignation from the co-leadership of the party and from her ministerial post. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

(FILES) Then Rhineland-Palatinate's State Premier Alexander Schweitzer waves as he arrives prior to a meeting of the leaders of the German federal states in Leipzig, eastern Germany on October 24, 2024. Following the resignation of Baerbel Bas (SPD) as Germany's labour minister, former Rhineland-Palatinate state premier Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) is to become her successor in the cabinet. This was confirmed to AFP by party sources on October 12, 2026. Bas had previously announced her resignation from the co-leadership of the party and from her ministerial post. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP)