PRETORIA, 17 July 2026 – From left: Namibian Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi; Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa; and South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, pictured at the 4th Session of the South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission in Pretoria on Friday, in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

PRETORIA, 17 JULY 2026 – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah successfully co-chaired the 4th Session of the South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission (BNC), which took place today, Friday, 17 July, in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - President of the Zambian Institute of Public Relations and Communication (ZIPRAC) Irene Lungu sharing a Zambian Case Study on Proffesionalising Communication-Building the Namibian Blueprint. (Photo by: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - Director of Corporate Engagement and Internationalisation at the Namibian University of Science and Technology Gervasius Nashilongo. (Photo: MICT)

WALVIS BAY, 16 July 2026 - Information and Communication Technology Minister Emma Theofelus looks on as Namibia Ports Authority’s Executive for Commercial Services Elias Mwenyo greets Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe during his visit to the Botswana Dry port at the port of Walvis Bay. (Photo: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - New Era Publication Corporation Chief Executive Officer Christof Maletsky participates in a panel discussion on Service Delivery and Managing the Narrative at the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC). (Photos: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Vice President Lucia Witbooi, Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe, Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus led a delegation to the Botswana Dry Port and the Walvis Bay Port. (Photo: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Namibian Sun Editor in Chief and Chairperson of the Editors’ Forum Toivo Ndjebela on Thursday at the Effective Communicators Conference at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

(260718) -- SHANGHAI, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, who is attending the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, in Shanghai, east China, July 18, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Haoming)

(260718) -- SHANGHAI, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, who is attending the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, in Shanghai, east China, July 18, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Haoming)

(260718) -- SHANGHAI, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Limpho Tau, minister of foreign affairs and international relations of Lesotho, who is attending the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, in Shanghai, east China, July 18, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Haoming)

(260718) -- SHANGHAI, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Limpho Tau, minister of foreign affairs and international relations of Lesotho, who is attending the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, in Shanghai, east China, July 18, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Haoming)

(FILES) Parliamentary group leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Jens Spahn speaks during a session of the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on June 11, 2026, ahead of an EU summit. Jens Spahn, a prominent figure in German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right party resigned his leadership post on July 18, 2026, party sources told AFP, amid controversy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US despite a ban on the practice in Germany. "In recent days, I have come to realise that my personal happiness in starting a family with my husband and becoming a father is incompatible with my political office," Jens Spahn, the chairman of the CDU's faction in parliament, wrote in a letter to colleagues that was obtained by AFP. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

(FILES) German Chancellor and leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz (L) and the parliamentary group leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Jens Spahn sit side by side at the start of a parliamentary group meeting of the conservative party union on December 2, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Jens Spahn, a prominent figure in German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right party resigned his leadership post on July 18, 2026, party sources told AFP, amid controversy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US despite a ban on the practice in Germany. "In recent days, I have come to realise that my personal happiness in starting a family with my husband and becoming a father is incompatible with my political office," Jens Spahn, the chairman of the CDU's faction in parliament, wrote in a letter to colleagues that was obtained by AFP. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

(FILES) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) gestures next to Parliamentary group leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Jens Spahn (L) while German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (C back) looks on during a session of the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on June 11, 2026, ahead of an EU summit. Jens Spahn, a prominent figure in German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right party resigned his leadership post on July 18, 2026, party sources told AFP, amid controversy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US despite a ban on the practice in Germany. "In recent days, I have come to realise that my personal happiness in starting a family with my husband and becoming a father is incompatible with my political office," Jens Spahn, the chairman of the CDU's faction in parliament, wrote in a letter to colleagues that was obtained by AFP. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

(FILES) (L-R) German Chancellor and leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz, and the parliamentary group leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Jens Spahn take their seats at the start of a parliamentary group meeting of the conservative party union on December 2, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Jens Spahn, a prominent figure in German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's centre-right party resigned his leadership post on July 18, 2026, party sources told AFP, amid controversy over his use of a surrogate mother in the US despite a ban on the practice in Germany. "In recent days, I have come to realise that my personal happiness in starting a family with my husband and becoming a father is incompatible with my political office," Jens Spahn, the chairman of the CDU's faction in parliament, wrote in a letter to colleagues that was obtained by AFP. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)