SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, during the launch of the Roads Authority’s mobile unit, Natis on Wheels. (Photo by: Chelva) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Education officials, school principals, teachers, learners, community leaders and other stakeholders of education attending the Erongo Region Education conference to assess challenges facing the sector. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 June 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare pictured with Ovaherero Chief Professor Mutjinde Katjiua during a recent meeting in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses delivering her Sate of the Region Address. She is dressed in the uniform of the National Youth Service, in solidarity with the Namibian youth and their plight in fighting against unemployment. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

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

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks as he and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. deliver press statements following the Russia-ASEAN summit, which commemorates 35 years of collaboration between Russia and the ASEAN countries, in the central Russian city of Kazan, around 700 kilometres (435 miles) east of the capital Moscow, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / POOL / AFP)

Labour MP Al Carns arrives at the Labour party campaign office in Ashton in Makerfield, northwest England, on June 18, 2026, as voters go to the polls to vote in the Makerfield by-election. Britain holds a unique vote on June 18 that could trigger the endgame for Labour leader Keir Starmer's beleaguered premiership, or win him a reprieve. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

(FILES) Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL team's French rider Romain Bardet looks on during a press conference in Moulins, central France, on June 7, 2025, on the eve of the 77th edition of the Criterium du Dauphine cycling race. Romain Bardet, runner-up in the 2016 Tour de France and retired from racing for a year, will become the sports manager of Decathlon CMA CGM, Paul Seixas’s team, starting January 1, 2027, he announced on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

A worker removes a gutter from a machine before installing it in Saint-Medard-en-Jalles, south-western France on June 18, 2026. A new heatwave swept across much of France on June 18, 2026, with temperatures forecast to approach 40C later in the week, dozens of trains cancelled and classes suspended. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

A worker carries a ladder after installing a gutter on the roof of a house in Saint-Medard-en-Jalles, south-western France on June 18, 2026. A new heatwave swept across much of France on June 18, 2026, with temperatures forecast to approach 40C later in the week, dozens of trains cancelled and classes suspended. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

A worker bends a gutter before installing it in Saint-Medard-en-Jalles, south-western France on June 18, 2026. A new heatwave swept across much of France on June 18, 2026, with temperatures forecast to approach 40C later in the week, dozens of trains cancelled and classes suspended. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

Workers install gutters on the roof of a house in Saint-Medard-en-Jalles, south-western France on June 18, 2026. A new heatwave swept across much of France on June 18, 2026, with temperatures forecast to approach 40C later in the week, dozens of trains cancelled and classes suspended. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

Workers install gutters on the roof of a house in Saint-Medard-en-Jalles, south-western France on June 18, 2026. A new heatwave swept across much of France on June 18, 2026, with temperatures forecast to approach 40C later in the week, dozens of trains cancelled and classes suspended. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)