SWAKOPMUND, 11 September 2026 - National Planning Commission Director General Ambassador Kaire Mbuende, Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, Chief Regional Officer Sam Ntelamo and other regional leaders among beneficiaries at the Erongo Governor’s Fish Consumption Promotion Project in Swakopmund. (Photo contributed)

WINDHOEK, 14 September 2026 - Petrol and diesel price rises pushed Windhoek's inflation to 5.9% in August 2026, above the national rate of 5.0%, Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) said recently. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - Liberation struggle veteran, former Robben Island prisoner, and lifelong workers' rights advocate Helao Joseph Shityuwete was laid to rest at the Gammams Cemetery in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Sunday following a state funeral. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans Rugby Clubs players while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

(260916) -- NANNING, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 16, 2026 shows a view of the Qinzhou service area along the Pinglu Canal in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

(260916) -- NANNING, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on June 11, 2026 shows a view of the power plant and fishway at Qingnian Hub on the Pinglu Canal in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

(260916) -- NANNING, Sept. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A panoramic aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 4, 2026 shows vessels taking part in a comprehensive navigation drill on the Pinglu Canal in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

A Pro-Putin activist stands next to a car topped with a mock-up missile with the inscription reading "Towards Washington" in front of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in central Moscow on September 16, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)

A woman walks past the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in central Moscow on September 16, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)

(FILES) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's State Premier Manuela Schwesig displays a scarf with a slogan as she addresses delegates during a congress of Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin on January 11, 2025. Germany's anti-immigration AfD is eyeing another election triumph on September 20, 2026 in the northeastern coastal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the popular premier Manuela Schwesig is campaigning on the promise she can hold back a rising far-right tide. Schwesig of the centre-left SPD -- a cancer survivor with high personal approval ratings and a large social media following -- is fighting a battle watched closely across Germany. The AfD's candidate for State Premier Leif-Erik Holm, 56, is not known for the radical edge or charisma of some other AfD figures but has every chance of cruising to victory on the party's current momentum. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

(FILES) Manuela Schwesig, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's State Premier and the Social Democratic Party's (SPD) top candidate for the upcoming regional elections in the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, waves at the end of her speech at an election campaign rally on August 14, 2026 with Schwerin Castle in the background in Schwerin, northern Germany. Germany's anti-immigration AfD is eyeing another election triumph on September 20, 2026 in the northeastern coastal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the popular premier Manuela Schwesig is campaigning on the promise she can hold back a rising far-right tide. Schwesig of the centre-left SPD -- a cancer survivor with high personal approval ratings and a large social media following -- is fighting a battle watched closely across Germany. The AfD's candidate for State Premier Leif-Erik Holm, 56, is not known for the radical edge or charisma of some other AfD figures but has every chance of cruising to victory on the party's current momentum. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

(FILES) Alternative for Germany (AfD) party state chairman in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Leif-Erik Holm addresses supporters during a rally to launch their electoral campaign ahead of the September 26, 2021 federal elections, in Schwerin, northern Germany, on August 10, 2021. Germany's anti-immigration AfD is eyeing another election triumph on September 20, 2026 in the northeastern coastal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where the popular premier Manuela Schwesig is campaigning on the promise she can hold back a rising far-right tide. Schwesig of the centre-left SPD -- a cancer survivor with high personal approval ratings and a large social media following -- is fighting a battle watched closely across Germany. Leif-Erik Holm, 56, is not known for the radical edge or charisma of some other AfD figures but has every chance of cruising to victory on the party's current momentum. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)