ONANDJABA, 02 July 2026 – Chairperson of the Onandjaba Village Council, Erkki Kandjaba. (Photo: Contributed)

ONANDJABA, 02 July 2026 – Chairperson of the Onandjaba Village Council, Erkki Kandjaba. (Photo: Contributed)

MARIENTAL, 02 July 2026 - The NamPower Foundation has donated baby care essentials to vulnerable mothers in the Hardap Rural Constituency. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 01 July 2026 - Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, and the United States of America's Ambassador to Namibia, John Giordano, pictured at the USA's 250th Independence Day celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

GIBEON, 01 July 2026 - Residents of Gibeon have petitioned the Namibian Police Force’s Hardap regional commander, calling for an urgent investigation into allegations of police brutality and abuse of authority at the Gibeon Police Station. (Photo: Contributed)

OPUWO, 01 July 2026 - Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa and the governor of Kunene Region, Vipuakuje Muharukua, during a stakeholder engagement on Wednesday in Opuwo. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

MPUNGU, 01 July 2026 - The construction of classrooms is underway at Cause Primary School in the Mpungu Constituency. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

MPUNGU, 01 July 2026 - The construction of classrooms is underway at Cause Primary School in the Mpungu Constituency (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

A man sunbathes on the Great Lawn in Central Park during a heatwave in New York City on July 2, 2026. Blistering temperatures and humidity gripped swaths of the United States on July 1, with the worst yet to come for the densely populated East Coast as the nation co-hosts the World Cup and prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday. "Heat dome" conditions -- in which high-pressure systems trap warm air like the lid on a pot -- persisted over the Midwest and South and were moving east, with some 46 million people under heat alerts. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Performers form a Castell, a traditional Catalan human tower, on the sidelines of the team presentation ceremony ahead of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, with the Sagrada Familia Basilica seen in the background, in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD / AFP)

Rescue workers wait by an ambulance outside the building from where Hernan Gil was later rescued, in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State, Venezuela on July 2, 2026, eight days after twin earthquakes. Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela cheered and embraced on July 2, 2026 after pulling 43-year-old Hernan Gil from the ruins of a collapsed building eight days after deadly twin earthquakes, AFP journalists witnessed. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)

EF Education - Easypost team riders attend the team presentation ceremony ahead of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, with the Sagrada Familia Basilica seen in the background, in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

EF Education - Easypost team riders attend the team presentation ceremony ahead of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, with the Sagrada Familia Basilica seen in the background, in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

A woman sits in a small corner of shade along the Lake in Central Park during a heatwave in New York City on July 2, 2026. Blistering temperatures and humidity gripped swaths of the United States on July 1, with the worst yet to come for the densely populated East Coast as the nation co-hosts the World Cup and prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday. "Heat dome" conditions -- in which high-pressure systems trap warm air like the lid on a pot -- persisted over the Midwest and South and were moving east, with some 46 million people under heat alerts. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Tudor Pro Cycling Team's French rider Julian Alaphilippe waves as he and his teammates attend the team presentation ceremony ahead of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, with the Sagrada Familia Basilica seen in the background, in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

Tudor Pro Cycling Team's French rider Julian Alaphilippe waves as he and his teammates attend the team presentation ceremony ahead of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, with the Sagrada Familia Basilica seen in the background, in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)