WINDHOEK, 12 August 2026 - UNAM Vice-Chancellor Kenneth Matengu and Huawei Board director Jason Xu. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

OPUWO, 12 August 2026 - Chief Muhijamo Tjindunda of Ehomba pictured during the community engagement with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources at Ouroutumba village on Tuesday. (Photo: Contributed)

NKURENKURU, 11 August 2026 - Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Inna Hengari.(Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NKURENKURU, 11 August 2026 - Nkurenkuru Town Council Acting Chief Executive Officer Magana Mukuve. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 11 August 2026 - Feminists and women’s rights advocates pictured during a discussion at the African Feminism Forum in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

HAVANA, 11 August 2026 - Namibian Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare reaffirmed Namibia's unwavering solidarity with Cuba and demanded an immediate end to the US trade blockade during a tribute to Fidel Castro in Havana. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

HAVANA, 11 August 2026 - Namibian Prime Minister Dr. Elijah Ngurare reaffirmed Namibia's unwavering solidarity with Cuba and demanded an immediate end to the US trade blockade during a tribute to Fidel Castro in Havana. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 11 August 2026 - (From left) Namibia Nature Foundation communications officer Disney Andreas; Namibia Nature Foundation head of grants and administration, Hilma Shongolo; and Nedbank Namibia Chief Financial Officer, Victor Maengahama, pictured at the Nedbank Campus for the Go Green Fund handover. (Photo: Contributed)

12 August 2026, Brandenburg, Jacobsdorf: A boy on a bicycle watches the partial solar eclipse in eastern Brandenburg. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

12 August 2026, Berlin: People are watching the partial solar eclipse in Berlin through special glasses. Photo: Elisa Schu/dpa

12 August 2026, Bavaria, Munich: People watch a partial solar eclipse on Olympiaberg in Munich's Olympiapark. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa

12 August 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Visitors on the rooftop terrace of the Gasteig Cultural Center watch the solar eclipse through special glasses. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

The moon passes over the sun's horizon during a partial solar eclipse in Rennes, western France, on August 12, 2026. In France, the solar eclipse was not total - after the total solar eclipse of 1999 France will not see another total eclipse for another 55 years in 2081. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)

People use special protective glasses as they watch a near total solar eclipse, with more than 90 percent of the Sun blocked by the Moon across Britain, from Primrose Hill in London on August 12, 2026. Millions of people will turn their gaze towards the heavens on August 12 to witness one of nature's greatest spectacles -- a rare total solar eclipse -- as it sweeps over mainland Europe to briefly turn day into night. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

An aerial view shows people watching the solar partial eclipse in the landscape park Halde Hoheward in Herten, western Germany, on August 12, 2026. Millions of people turn their gaze towards the heavens on August 12, 2026 to witness one of nature's greatest spectacles -- a rare total solar eclipse -- as it sweeps over mainland Europe to briefly turn day into night. In Germany, the sun will be between 84 and 90 percent obscured from shortly after 7:00 p.m. until just before 9:00 p.m. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP)

French politician, centre-left party Place publique's leader and MEP Raphael Glucksmann uses solar eclipse viewing glasses to watch the partial solar eclipse, in Bize-Minervois, south-western France, on August 12, 2026. In France, the solar eclipse was not total - after the total solar eclipse of 1999 France will not see another total eclipse for another 55 years in 2081. (Photo by Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP)