WINDHOEK, 24 October 2026 – Opposition leader McHenry Venaani addressing mourners at the memorial service of former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 24 October 2026 – Former Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi addressing mourners at the memorial service of former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 24 October 2024 – Ndapanda Pohamba flanked by four other siblings during the memorial service of their late mother, Penehupifo Pohamba (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 24 October 2026 – Swapo Party Secretary General Sophia Shaningwa addresses mourners during the memorial service of former First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

MARIENTAL, 23 October 2026- Mariental Trade Festival officially opens. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) Nampa

SWAKOPMUND, 19 June 2026 - Youth delegates gathered at the multipurpose centre in Swakopmund in January 2026 for the third National Youth Council of Namibia general assembly. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 23 October 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Netumbo officially inaugurates the Swakopmund International Expo at Swakopmund. (Photo contributed)

SWAKOPMUND, 23 October 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah speaking at the opening of the Swakopmund International Trade Expo (SWAiTEX) at Swakopmund on Friday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado poses for a photo after her arrival in Caracas on October 25, 2026. Machado returned to her home country on October 25, 2026, after almost a year in exile, greeting ecstatic supporters at a church in the city of Barquisimeto. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado poses for a photo after her arrival in Caracas on October 25, 2026. Machado returned to her home country on October 25, 2026, after almost a year in exile, greeting ecstatic supporters at a church in the city of Barquisimeto. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)

Supporters of Brazil's President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate after the first results of the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 25, 2026. Lula holds slight lead over Bolsonaro with 75% of Brazil votes counted. (Photo by TERCIO TEIXEIRA / AFP)

Supporters of Brazil's President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrate after the first results of the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 25, 2026. Lula holds slight lead over Bolsonaro with 75% of Brazil votes counted. (Photo by TERCIO TEIXEIRA / AFP)

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado greets supporters after her arrival in Caracas on October 25, 2026. Machado returned to her home country on October 25, 2026, after almost a year in exile, greeting ecstatic supporters at a church in the city of Barquisimeto. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)

An aerial view shows supporters of the Students’ List gather outside The House of the National Assembly as they celebrate their victory in the Serbian parliamentary elections, in Belgrade on October 25, 2026. Voters cast ballots in record numbers on October 25, 2026, with the country recording its highest parliamentary election turnout in more than three decades. Celebrations erupted on the streets of the capital; passing cars honked their horns as crowds began to party at the news that Serbia's ruling party had lost parliamentary snap elections. (Photo by DJORDJE KOSTIC / AFP)

An aerial photo shows supporters of the Students’ List gather at the Slavija square as they celebrate their victory in the Serbian parliamentary elections, in Belgrade on October 25, 2026. Voters cast ballots in record numbers on October 25, 2026, with the country recording its highest parliamentary election turnout in more than three decades. Celebrations erupted on the streets of the capital; passing cars honked their horns as crowds began to party at the news that Serbia's ruling party had lost parliamentary snap elections. (Photo by DJORDJE KOSTIC / AFP)

An aerial view shows supporters of the Students’ List gather outside The House of the National Assembly as they celebrate their victory in the Serbian parliamentary elections, in Belgrade on October 25, 2026. Voters cast ballots in record numbers on October 25, 2026, with the country recording its highest parliamentary election turnout in more than three decades. Celebrations erupted on the streets of the capital; passing cars honked their horns as crowds began to party at the news that Serbia's ruling party had lost parliamentary snap elections. (Photo by DJORDJE KOSTIC / AFP)