WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - Liberation struggle veteran, former Robben Island prisoner, and lifelong workers' rights advocate Helao Joseph Shityuwete was laid to rest at the Gammams Cemetery in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Sunday following a state funeral. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - One Economy Foundation Executive Chairperson and United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate Monica Geingos. (Photo: Contributed)

NKURENKURU, 13 September 2026- Kavango West Governor Verna Sinimbo speaking at the Namibia’s National Prayer Day 2026, in Nkurenkuru on Saturday. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Vice President Lucia Witbooi, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare and members of parliament joined hundreds of Namibians at the Independence Arena to observe the National Day of Prayer. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Hundreds gathered at the Independence Arena in Windhoek to observe the National Day of Prayer, uniting to seek divine intervention against social challenges. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addresses the nation at the Independence Arena in Katutura during the National Day of Prayer, calling for behavioral transformation to save lives. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaeku) NAMPA.

KATIMA MULILO, 12 September 2026 – Hundreds of people gathered at Kamunu Hall in Katima Mulilo on Saturday to join the rest of the country in observing National Day of Prayer. (Photo: Contributed)

KATIMA MULILO, 12 September 2026 - Zambezi Governor, Dorothy Kabula-Simushi delivered the regional keynote address at the National Day of Prayer. (Photo: Contributed)

(260914) -- HEIHE, Sept. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Foreign passengers walk toward the border inspection hall at a port in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 14, 2026. Cross-border personnel exchanges at the Heihe Port are getting more and more active since the implementation of the visa-free policy between China and Russia. The number of inbound and outbound passenger trips through the port since the beginning of 2026 has hit a record high of 1 million until Monday, an increase of 56.18 percent year on year. (Photo by Liu Song/Xinhua)

(260914) -- HEIHE, Sept. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Police officers of Heihe border inspection station help foreign passengers fill out foreigner arrival cards at a port in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 14, 2026. Cross-border personnel exchanges at the Heihe Port are getting more and more active since the implementation of the visa-free policy between China and Russia. The number of inbound and outbound passenger trips through the port since the beginning of 2026 has hit a record high of 1 million until Monday, an increase of 56.18 percent year on year. (Photo by Liu Song/Xinhua)

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk (R) welcomes Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Eisuke Mori (L) on his first visit to Ukraine as speaker, during which he is due to meet senior Ukrainian officials to reaffirm Japan's solidarity with Ukraine, at Kyiv railway station in Kyiv on September 14, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (2nd L) talks with South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (2nd R) during their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on September 14, 2026, on the sidelines of the 1st Korea-Central Asia Summit. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP)

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (L) shakes hands with South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (R) during their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on September 14, 2026, on the sidelines of the 1st Korea-Central Asia Summit. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP)

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (L) shakes hands with South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (R) during their meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on September 14, 2026, on the sidelines of the 1st Korea-Central Asia Summit. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP)

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (L) and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (2nd L) attend a welcoming ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on September 14, 2026, on the sidelines of the 1st Korea-Central Asia Summit. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP)

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (L) and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (R) attend a welcoming ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on September 14, 2026, on the sidelines of the 1st Korea-Central Asia Summit. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP)