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

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - In the Picture: Rössing Uranium is Johan Coetzee. Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 15 June 2026 - Senior councillor of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority Fabianus Uaseuapuani during an interview with Nampa ahead of the SORA in the Erongo Region. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

An Uzbek fan waves a national flag ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group K football match between Uzbekistan and Colombia at the Mexico City Stadium in Mexico City on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Rodrigo Oropeza / AFP)

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Iran fans wait for the team at the Marriott Hotel in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)

Colombian fans await the start of the 2026 World Cup Group K football match between Uzbekistan and Colombia at the Mexico City Stadium in Mexico City on June 17, 2026. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)

Mexican fans pose for a photo ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group K football match between Uzbekistan and Colombia at the Mexico City Stadium in Mexico City on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP)

Colombian fans pose for a photo cheering for their team ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group K football match between Uzbekistan and Colombia at the Mexico City Stadium in Mexico City on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP)

US Vice President JD Vance gestures as he arrives to deliver remarks on the administration's "crackdown on crime and fraud" during an event at Gold Coast Studios in Bethpage, New York, on June 17, 2026. Vance’s visit comes after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit this week against New York state officials over alleged Medicaid fraud related to the state’s $10 billion home-care program. (Photo by Spencer Platt / POOL / AFP)

US Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks on the administration's "crackdown on crime and fraud" during an event at Gold Coast Studios in Bethpage, New York, on June 17, 2026. Vance’s visit comes after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit this week against New York state officials over alleged Medicaid fraud related to the state’s $10 billion home-care program. (Photo by Spencer Platt / POOL / AFP)