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

Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova returns the ball to Berarus' Aryna Sabalenka during the women's singles round of 16 tennis match at the WTA 500 Berlin Tennis Open tournament in Berlin on June 17, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Brunei's Sultan 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 17, 2026. (Photo by Anastasia Barashkova / POOL / AFP)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Brunei's Sultan 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 17, 2026. (Photo by Anastasia Barashkova / POOL / AFP)

Slovenia's rider Tadej Pogacar of team UAE Emirates - XRG celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the first stage of the Men's Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race, in Sondrio, Italy, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah 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 17, 2026. (Photo by Anastasia Barashkova / POOL / AFP)

US player Jenson Brooksby returns against Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo during their men's singles round of 16 tennis match on day two of the ATP HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in west London on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Slovenia's rider Tadej Pogacar of team UAE Emirates - XRG celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the first stage of the Men's Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race, in Sondrio, Italy, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Slovenia's rider Tadej Pogacar of team UAE Emirates - XRG is pictured after crossing the finish line to win the first stage of the Men's Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race, in Sondrio, Italy, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)