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

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - In the Picture: Rössing Uranium is Johan Coetzee. Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 15 June 2026 - Senior councillor of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority Fabianus Uaseuapuani during an interview with Nampa ahead of the SORA in the Erongo Region. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

Ultra-Orthodox Jews look through a fence outside Bet Lid military prison during a protest against military conscription in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. Israeli lawmakers voted on June 10 to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly challenged that status in recent years culminating in a 2024 ruling that the government must conscript them. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

India's Shafali Verma bats during the ICC Women's T20 cricket world cup 2026 game between India and The Netherlands, at Headingley in Leeds, northern England on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand behind a fence as they gather to protest against military conscription outside Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. Israeli lawmakers voted on June 10 to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly challenged that status in recent years culminating in a 2024 ruling that the government must conscript them. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

A boy peers through a fence as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather to protest against military conscription outside Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. Israeli lawmakers voted on June 10 to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly challenged that status in recent years culminating in a 2024 ruling that the government must conscript them. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Israeli security forces stand guard as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather behind a fence during a protest against military conscription outside Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. Israeli lawmakers voted on June 10 to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly challenged that status in recent years culminating in a 2024 ruling that the government must conscript them. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Netherlands' Isabel van der Woning prepares to bowl during the ICC Women's T20 cricket world cup 2026 game between India and The Netherlands, at Headingley in Leeds, northern England on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Netherlands' Isabel van der Woning prepares to bowl during the ICC Women's T20 cricket world cup 2026 game between India and The Netherlands, at Headingley in Leeds, northern England on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

India's Shafali Verma plays a shot during the ICC Women's T20 cricket world cup 2026 game between India and The Netherlands, at Headingley in Leeds, northern England on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)