WINDHOEK, 22 June 2026 - Plans for Namibia Air are advancing following a significant regulatory breakthrough on Thursday, as the Transport Commission granted Air Operating Licenses to the Ministry of Works and Transport. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Namibia University of Science and Technology Council Chairperson Leake Hangala. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addresses an engagement with chief executive officers and chairpersons of Namibia's 78 State-owned enterprises, organised by the Public Enterprises CEOs' Forum. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Some of the 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses handed over to beneficiaries in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa speaks during the handover of 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – International Training College Lingua celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for more than 1 200 students in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

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A boy plays in a fountain in Manezhnaya Square on a hot day in central Moscow on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)

A woman touches water in a fountain in Manezhnaya Square on a hot day in central Moscow on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)

People shelter from the sun under an umbrella as they stroll in Zaryadye park, with the Kremlin in the background, on a hot day in central Moscow on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)

A woman uses her smartphone in Red Square, with the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower and St. Basil's cathedral in the background, on a hot day in central Moscow on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)

(FILES) The logo of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank is seen on the window of a branch in Rome on February 9, 2017. The head of Italy's Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena has on August 7, 2026, defended its value and strategic importance, saying it would "evaluate every strategic option" as the bank fights a hostile bid from rival Intesa Sanpaolo. The world's oldest bank posted a steep rise in profit in its second quarter as Chief Executive Luigi Lovaglio warned an Intesa merger would hurt not only shareholders but the Italian economy itself. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP)

People walk on a street on a hot day in Seoul on August 7, 2026. South Korea has been sweltering in a streak of searing weather -- new all-time highs were set three times over the past week alone, peaking at 42.5C on August 2. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)

Netherland's Mark van Bommel speaks during a press conference for his presentation as new head coach of Belgium's national football team in Tubize on August 7, 2026. Netherlands' Mark van Bommel has been appointed Belgium’s head coach, the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) announced on on July 24, 2026, adding that the had signed a contract running until Euro 2028, to be held in the United Kingdom. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)