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

DAURES, 16 June 2026 - A signage indicating the three settlement and villages of Uis, Omatjete and Okombahe, respectively. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 16 June 2026 - Road Fund Administration’s (RFA) Executive of Information and Communication Technology, Dennis Shindume, pictured after a government information-sharing session at the Government Information Centre (GIC). (Photo: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 16 June 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has called for action against child abuse on African Child Day (Photo: Contributed)

People sit in a shaded area under a water mist system to cool off in Bordeaux, south-western France, on June 17, 2026. A heatwave will hit France on June 17, 2026 and last for several days, right in the middle of the baccalaureate exams, with temperatures that could reach up to 40°C in some areas on June 21, the first day of summer. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

A woman with her dog cools off in a reflecting pool in Bordeaux, south-western France, on June 17, 2026. A heatwave will hit France on June 17, 2026 and last for several days, right in the middle of the baccalaureate exams, with temperatures that could reach up to 40°C in some areas on June 21, the first day of summer. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

People cool off in a reflecting pool in Bordeaux, south-western France, on June 17, 2026. A heatwave will hit France on June 17, 2026 and last for several days, right in the middle of the baccalaureate exams, with temperatures that could reach up to 40°C in some areas on June 21, the first day of summer. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

USA's Jessica Pegula returns the ball to Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova during the women's singles round of 16 match at the WTA 500 Berlin Tennis Open tournament in Berlin on June 17, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (C-L) and Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz (C-R) review a military honor guard on June 17, 2026 in Warsaw, Poland. The two ministers are to sign a bilateral agreement on Polish-German defence cooperation. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (R) and Poland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz (L) review a military honor guard on June 17, 2026 in Warsaw, Poland. The two ministers are to sign a bilateral agreement on Polish-German defence cooperation. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at an industrial facility in Bobigny, north of Paris, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova serves the ball to USA's Jessica Pegula during the women's singles round of 16 match at the WTA 500 Berlin Tennis Open tournament in Berlin on June 17, 2026. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)