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)

17 June 2026, Berlin: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (R) and his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski speak at a press conference during the German-Polish Forum at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The event marks the 35th anniversary of the German-Polish Treaty on Good Neighbourly Relations and Friendly Cooperation. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

17 June 2026, Hamburg: German restaurateur and businesswoman Christina Block and Ingo Bott (R), Block's defense attorney, leave the courtroom after the end of the day's proceedings in the alleged child abduction case. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

17 June 2026, Hamburg: German restaurateur and businesswoman Christina Block leaves the courtroom after the end of the day's proceedings in the alleged child abduction case. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

17 June 2026, Berlin: Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski speaks at a press conference during the German-Polish Forum at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The event marks the 35th anniversary of the German-Polish Treaty on Good Neighbourly Relations and Friendly Cooperation. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

17 June 2026, Berlin: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks at a press conference during the German-Polish Forum at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The event marks the 35th anniversary of the German-Polish Treaty on Good Neighbourly Relations and Friendly Cooperation. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

17 June 2026, Berlin: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speaks at a press conference during the German-Polish Forum at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. The event marks the 35th anniversary of the German-Polish Treaty on Good Neighbourly Relations and Friendly Cooperation. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

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

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales (C) and Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales (front L) arrive on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)