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

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Displaced Palestinian women mourn the death of a man killed in an Israeli airstrike, prior to being taken for burial from the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on June 18, 2026. A ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since October, but Israel reserves the right to strike targets it deems a threat. The territory remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes continue, with both the military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV attends the funeral of Italian cardinal Camillo Ruini at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Czech Republic's Jiri Lehecka returns against Australia's Rinky Hijikata during their men's singles round of 16 tennis match on day three of the ATP HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in west London on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting with Thailand's Prime Minister on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN summit, which commemorates 35 years of collaboration between Russia and the ASEAN countries, in the central Russian city of Kazan, around 700 kilometres (435 miles) east of the capital Moscow, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / POOL / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV attends the funeral of Italian cardinal Camillo Ruini at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV attends the funeral of Italian cardinal Camillo Ruini at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV attends the funeral of Italian cardinal Camillo Ruini at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV attends the funeral of Italian cardinal Camillo Ruini at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)