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

18 June 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Minister President of Bavaria Markus Soeder (L) and dressage rider and Olympic champion Jessica von Bredlow-Werndl pose after a press conference in front of Nymphenburg Palace to present to representatives of top sports federations the unique features and opportunities Munich offers as a national candidate for the Summer Olympics, as well as the bid concept. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP)

Fans of the New York Knicks attend a championship ticker-tape parade celebrating the team's NBA Finals victory in New York on June 18, 2026. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Tudor Pro Cycling Team's French rider Julian Alaphilippe, awarded as best fighter of the stage, gestures during the podium ceremony of the second stage 157,7 km from Locarno to Locarno at the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Locarno, Switzerland, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Malawians repatriated from South Africa queue for assistance at a Malawi Red Cross tent at Kamuzu stadium, the country’s receiving camp on June 18, 2026 before being identified and transported to their districts. Thousands of Malawians have crammed into a field in the South African city of Durban in dire conditions, desperate to return home and escape a wave of violence against foreigners. Frustration and anger are building at the makeshift camp at Sherwood Park, where some have been waiting for days for buses to take them back to Malawi, more than 2,000 kilometres (1,300 miles) away. (Photo by Amos GUMULIRA / AFP)

Malawians repatriated from South Africa arrive at Kamuzu stadium, the country’s receiving camp on June 18, 2026 before being identified and transported to their districts. Thousands of Malawians have crammed into a field in the South African city of Durban in dire conditions, desperate to return home and escape a wave of violence against foreigners. Frustration and anger are building at the makeshift camp at Sherwood Park, where some have been waiting for days for buses to take them back to Malawi, more than 2,000 kilometres (1,300 miles) away. (Photo by Amos GUMULIRA / AFP)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa arrives to attend a round table meeting during the EU Summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

(From L) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte greets Ukraine's Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov at the end of a press conference following a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on the sidelines of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)