PRETORIA, 17 July 2026 – From left: Namibian Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi; Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa; and South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, pictured at the 4th Session of the South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission in Pretoria on Friday, in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

PRETORIA, 17 JULY 2026 – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah successfully co-chaired the 4th Session of the South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission (BNC), which took place today, Friday, 17 July, in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - President of the Zambian Institute of Public Relations and Communication (ZIPRAC) Irene Lungu sharing a Zambian Case Study on Proffesionalising Communication-Building the Namibian Blueprint. (Photo by: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - Director of Corporate Engagement and Internationalisation at the Namibian University of Science and Technology Gervasius Nashilongo. (Photo: MICT)

WALVIS BAY, 16 July 2026 - Information and Communication Technology Minister Emma Theofelus looks on as Namibia Ports Authority’s Executive for Commercial Services Elias Mwenyo greets Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe during his visit to the Botswana Dry port at the port of Walvis Bay. (Photo: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - New Era Publication Corporation Chief Executive Officer Christof Maletsky participates in a panel discussion on Service Delivery and Managing the Narrative at the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC). (Photos: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Vice President Lucia Witbooi, Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe, Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus led a delegation to the Botswana Dry Port and the Walvis Bay Port. (Photo: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Namibian Sun Editor in Chief and Chairperson of the Editors’ Forum Toivo Ndjebela on Thursday at the Effective Communicators Conference at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

(260718) -- HANGZHOU, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People learn about AI model DeepSeek at a fair themed on AI technologies in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 4, 2025. (Photo by Long Wei/Xinhua)

(260718) -- HANGZHOU, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Students of Hangzhou Baochu Pagoda Experimental School learn to program robotic dogs during an AI course in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 2, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

(260718) -- HANGZHOU, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Sun Lijuan displays product-selling videos in different language versions inside her shop at the Yiwu International Trade Mart in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 21, 2025. (Photo by Tang Yanqing/Xinhua)

(260718) -- HANGZHOU, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2026 shows humanoid robots of Unitree Robotics dancing at a square in Tonglu County, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

(260718) -- HANGZHOU, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An employee works on the production line in a smart factory of Noblelift, a manufacturer and service provider of material handling equipment and logistics solutions, in Changxing County of Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 16, 2026. (Photo by Tan Yunfeng/Xinhua)

(260718) -- HANGZHOU, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A worker checks automatic spool winders at a smart factory of a company in Xin'an Town of Deqing County, Huzhou City of east China's Zhejiang Province, June 15, 2026. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)

(260718) -- HANGZHOU, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Visitors interact with a robot from Unitree Robotics during the sixth China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, April 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

(260718) -- LOS ANGELES, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 17, 2026 shows a Taco Bell store in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, the United States. Taylor Farms, a California-based lettuce supplier, announced Friday that it is voluntarily removing iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after U.S. health authorities identified the company as a possible source of a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people. Taylor Farms is a supplier to several major restaurant chains across the United States. A source familiar with the investigation told CBS News Thursday that a traceback investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that people who contracted cyclosporiasis had eaten the lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms to Taco Bell outlets in five states. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)