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

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2026, applauded by, L to R, front row, Sasha Obama, Malia Obama, former US president Barack Obama, back row, former US president Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, former US president George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton. (Photo by Pedro UGARTE / AFP)

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

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

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

US singer Eddie Vedder performs at the opening of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP)

Former US president Barack Obama greets Chair of the Obama Foundation Board Marty Nesbitt (R) during opening day of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

Former US president Barack Obama greets Chair of the Obama Foundation Board Marty Nesbitt (R) during opening day of the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

FILES) Former Brazilian national team coach and World Champion (1994) Carlos Alberto Parreira attends the inauguration ceremony of Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) new president Rogerio Caboclo (out of frame), at the CBF headquarters in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 9, 2019. Former coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, who led Brazil to World Cup glory in the United States in 1994, is in intensive care and is on respiratory support, the hospital in Rio de Janeiro where he is being treated reported on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Douglas Shineidr / AFP)