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

A man gets off a private lorry that transports passengers to the eastern provinces, in Havana on June 16, 2026. New restrictions on interprovincial transport in Cuba come into force on June 18, 2026, with trains running every 16 days, few weekly coaches and a state system for allocating tickets according to criteria of "urgency", amid a severe fuel shortage, under pressure from Washington. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

British actor-turned-politician/activist Laurence Fox gestures with his phone, live-streaming, as he stands behind security barriers after arriving to attend a speech by British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, to The Oxford Union, in Oxford, western England, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

British actor-turned-politician/activist Laurence Fox gestures with his phone, live-streaming, as he stands behind security barriers after arriving to attend a speech by British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, to The Oxford Union, in Oxford, western England, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

Players shake hands at the end of the ICC Women's T20 cricket world cup 2026 game between India and The Netherlands, at Headingley in Leeds, northern England on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

A man carries two sacks near a private lorry that transports passengers to the country’s eastern provinces, in Havana on June 16, 2026. New restrictions on interprovincial transport in Cuba come into force on June 18, 2026, with trains running every 16 days, few weekly coaches and a state system for allocating tickets according to criteria of "urgency", amid a severe fuel shortage, under pressure from Washington. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

Argentina's midfielder #05 Leandro Paredes gestures during training session at Sporting KC Training Centre in Kansas City on June 17, 2026. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)

Demonstrators take part in a protest against a speech by British far-right activist Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, to The Oxford Union, in Oxford, western England, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

India's Jemimah Rodrigues celebrates after making the last catch to dismiss the last wicket and win the match during the ICC Women's T20 cricket world cup 2026 game between India and The Netherlands, at Headingley in Leeds, northern England on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)