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

Groupama-FDJ's French rider Remi Cavagna looks on during the team presentation of the second stage of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Locarno, Switzerland, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Groupama-FDJ's French rider Romain Gregoire looks on during the team presentation of the second stage of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Locarno, Switzerland, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

XDS-Astana Team's Kazakh rider Nicolya Vinokurov looks on during the team presentation of the second stage of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Locarno, Switzerland, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

AE Team Emirates-XRG's Ecuadorian rider Jhonatan Narvaez (R) reacts next to teammate Austrian rider Felix Grossschartner during the team presentation of the second stage of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Locarno, Switzerland, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

UAE Team Emirates XRG’s Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar looks on during the team presentation of the second stage of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Locarno, Switzerland, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

UAE Team Emirates XRG’s Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (R) gives a thumb up next to teammate Austrian rider Felix Grossschartner during the team presentation of the second stage of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Locarno, Switzerland, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

UAE Team Emirates XRG’s Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (L) looks on as he receives a 5kg pudding from a baker during the team presentation of the second stage of the Men’s Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race in Locarno, Switzerland, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

The president of French right-wing party Les Republicains (LR) and 2027 presidential election candidate Bruno Retailleau (2nd L) listens to CEO of French weapons manufacturer KNDS Nicolas Groult (2nd R) at the KNDS stand during a visit of the Eurosatory, a land and airland defence and security trade fair in Villepinte on the outskirts of Paris, on June 18, 2026. and Guest (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)