WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 – Warrant Officer Julia Ndeulyatele and her colleagues who formed part of the protection team for the late First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism on Thursday held a Traditional Seed Fair at the Sharukwe Community Seed Bank in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia headquarters in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

KALKRAND, 30 October 2026 - The inaugural Kalkrand Marketing Expo officially started on Thursday. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises)

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Sharukwe Community Seed Bank at Sharukwe village in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NANKUTWE, 28 October 2026 - The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has donated sanitary pads and toiletries to learners at Nankutwe Combined School in the Kabbe South Constituency of the Zambezi Region. Pictured here is Colonel Glenda Lukubwe Simasiku, the Senior Staff Officer heading the Gender Division at MODVA, who spoke at the ceremony on behalf of the NDF Women’s Network. (Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 29 October 2026 - Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) will invest approximately N$13 million over five years in a project aimed at improving water security in the Swakop River Basin, following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with WWF Namibia and Global Water Challenge (GWC) on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

OTJIWARONGO, 29 October 2026 - Okakarara Health Directorate Practitioner Olivia Mbabi speaks at an information-sharing session in Otjiwarongo on Thursday. (Photo: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

French sailor Maxime Sorel reacts from aboard his "NC" IMOCA Class through the lock of Saint-Malo's harbour to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP)

French sailor Maxime Sorel reacts from aboard his "NC" IMOCA Class through the lock of Saint-Malo's harbour to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP)

French sailor Maxime Sorel reacts from aboard his "NC" IMOCA Class through the lock of Saint-Malo's harbour to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP)

Japanese sailor Masa Suzuki reacts from aboard his "Milai 22" IMOCA Class through the lock of Saint-Malo's harbour to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP)

Bangladesh's captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (R) speaks during a presentation ceremony after his team's loss in the first test cricket against the West Indies at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on October 31, 2026. (Photo by Salahuddin AHMED / AFP)

South Africa's Simon Harmer (R) jumps next to South Africa's Temba Bavuma (L) to celebrate the dismissal of Australia's Alex Carey on day five of the third Test match between South Africa and Australia at Newlands stadium in Cape Town on October 31, 2026. (Photo by Marco Longari / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROP

This aerial photograph shows French skipper Eric Peron sailing his vintage multihull "French Touch - Oceania Hote" through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor of the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 a few days prior to the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP)

Australia's Mitchell Starc (C) plays a shot on day five of the third Test match between South Africa and Australia at Newlands stadium in Cape Town on October 31, 2026. (Photo by Marco Longari / AFP)