WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addressing the crowd during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – Namibian leaders (from left): Vice President Lucia Witbooi, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, First Gentleman retired Army General Epapharas Ndenga Ndaitwah, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, pictured during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has granted national hero status to 16-year-old Cornelius Tulotokela Shimwaafeni, making him the youngest recipient in history. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) mobile office at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK 26 August 2026 - Bank Windhoek Managing Director, James Chapman. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OSHIKUNDE, 17 August 2026 - Former war veterans who were injured in the armed liberation struggle, Anna Thomas and her husband, Julius Petrus, at their home in Omutwewomunhu village, Oshikunde Constituency. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 August 2026 - Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Manager for Licensing, Standards and Regulatory Compliance, Sheleen Kavikairiua. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 25 August 2026 - Emilia Nghikembua, Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia's (CRAN) Chief Executive Officer (L); Silvester Wayiti, NORED’s Chief Executive Officer (R) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance infrastructure developmet. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

Two men prepare a humanoid robot for competition at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on August 26, 2026. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)

A partial view shows the PCK Schwedt refinery in Schwedt, northeastern Germany, inside the company's plant on August 26, 2026, during a press visit of the compound. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

A partial view shows the PCK Schwedt refinery in Schwedt, northeastern Germany, inside the company's plant on August 26, 2026, during a press visit of the compound. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)

This photograph shows an aerial view of houses destroyed after a tornado in Pomas, southwestern France, on August 26, 2025. Amid the rubble, firefighters, residents, and volunteers were hard at work on Augfust 26, 2026, after a tornado of rare intensity swept through, clearing, securing, and protecting more than 300 damaged houses, 102 of which were destroyed, in the village of Pomas in the Aude département. (Photo by Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP)

This photograph shows an aerial view of a warehouse destroyed after a tornado in Pomas, southwestern France, on August 26, 2025. Amid the rubble, firefighters, residents, and volunteers were hard at work on Augfust 26, 2026, after a tornado of rare intensity swept through, clearing, securing, and protecting more than 300 damaged houses, 102 of which were destroyed, in the village of Pomas in the Aude département. (Photo by Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP)

This photograph shows an aerial view of firefighters on roofs of houses destroyed after a tornado in Pomas, southwestern France, on August 26, 2025. Amid the rubble, firefighters, residents, and volunteers were hard at work on Augfust 26, 2026, after a tornado of rare intensity swept through, clearing, securing, and protecting more than 300 damaged houses, 102 of which were destroyed, in the village of Pomas in the Aude département. (Photo by Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP)

This photograph shows an aerial view of houses destroyed after a tornado in Pomas, southwestern France, on August 26, 2025. Amid the rubble, firefighters, residents, and volunteers were hard at work on Augfust 26, 2026, after a tornado of rare intensity swept through, clearing, securing, and protecting more than 300 damaged houses, 102 of which were destroyed, in the village of Pomas in the Aude département. (Photo by Idriss Bigou-Gilles / AFP)

A humanoid robot is disqualified after falling during the long jump competition at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing on August 26, 2026. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)