WINDHOEK, 28 JULY 2023 - Namibia mourns the loss of liberation veteran Helao Joseph Shityuwete, who passed away peacefully at 92 in Windhoek, just days after his birthday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 28 July 2025 - Lamech Mwanyangapo, a prominent Namibian broadcaster and health advocate, died at 61 on 29 August after battling multiple myeloma. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 29 August 2026 - Swapo party secretary general Sophia Shaningwa and party president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pictured at the 11th Central Committee meeting in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s senior men’s national cricket team, the Eagles player JJ Smit (right) and Gerhard Erasmus celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s senior men’s national cricket team, the Eagles player JJ Smit (right) and Gerhard Erasmus celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

(260831) -- LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A visitor looks at Chinese science fiction and digital cultural intellectual properties (IPs) and products from Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, during the 84th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Orange County, California, the United States, on Aug. 29, 2026. Chinese science fiction and digital cultural intellectual properties (IPs) and products from Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, have drawn wide attention at the ongoing 84th Worldcon in Southern California. TO GO WITH "Chinese sci-fi, digital cultural IPs shine at Worldcon in California" (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

(260831) -- LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Robert J. Sawyer, a renowned Canadian science fiction writer and Hugo and Nebula Awards winner, gestures as he receives an interview with Xinhua during the 84th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Orange County, California, the United States, on Aug. 29, 2026. Chinese science fiction and digital cultural intellectual properties (IPs) and products from Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, have drawn wide attention at the ongoing 84th Worldcon in Southern California. TO GO WITH "Chinese sci-fi, digital cultural IPs shine at Worldcon in California" (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

(260831) -- GENEVA, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Musicians perform at the Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2026. The Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" made its debut on its five-country European tour here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

(260831) -- GENEVA, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Musicians perform at the Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2026. The Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" made its debut on its five-country European tour here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

(260831) -- GENEVA, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Musicians perform at the Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2026. The Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" made its debut on its five-country European tour here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

(260831) -- GENEVA, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Musicians perform at the Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2026. The Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" made its debut on its five-country European tour here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

(260831) -- GENEVA, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Musicians perform at the Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2026. The Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" made its debut on its five-country European tour here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

(260831) -- GENEVA, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Musicians perform at the Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2026. The Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" made its debut on its five-country European tour here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)