TUGUVA, 20 October 2026 - Kavango West Regional Council Chairperson Fillipus Tenga led a delegation to the residence of former President Hifikepunye Pohamba at Tuguva village in the Kavango West Region on Tuesday to offer condolences following the death of Pohamba's spouse, Namibia's second First Lady, Penehupifo Pohamba, who passed on Saturday. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 20 October 2026 - Commuters heading from Okahandja to Windhoek hitch a ride with the seven-seater vehicles at B1 City Station. (Photo: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 20 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia head office in Windhoek. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 20 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia head office in Windhoek. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 (NAMPA) – Florida Ruhoze Haakuria of Ketungoutji Investment CC, trading as Pukaa Catering Services, confirmed that the restaurant is feeling the impact of the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 – The usually bustling Oshetu Kapana Market in Katutura stands unusually quiet following a three-week strain caused by Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) restrictions, which have choked the meat supply that drives the market’s local economy. (Photo: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 19 October 2026 – Helmut Angula paying tribute to former first lady Penehupifo Pohamba during a prayer service held in her honour. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

GOBABIS - Ruth Kaukuata-Mbura, Swapo Regional Coordinator for the Omaheke Region (Photo: Contributed)

(261020) -- JINGZHOU, Oct. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Conservators restore a coffin at the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 20, 2026. Established in 2003, the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou undertakes the conservation of about 80 percent of China's waterlogged bamboo and wooden slips. The center has developed comprehensive conservation techniques for such slips, covering sectors from archaeological excavation and laboratory conservation to display and storage. To date, the center has provided technical support in cultural relic conservation to more than 130 cultural and museum institutions across the country, and has restored more than 10,000 lacquered wooden artifacts, over 180,000 bamboo and wooden slips, and more than 1,100 textile artifacts. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

(261020) -- JINGZHOU, Oct. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member clears bamboo slips at the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2026. Established in 2003, the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou undertakes the conservation of about 80 percent of China's waterlogged bamboo and wooden slips. The center has developed comprehensive conservation techniques for such slips, covering sectors from archaeological excavation and laboratory conservation to display and storage. To date, the center has provided technical support in cultural relic conservation to more than 130 cultural and museum institutions across the country, and has restored more than 10,000 lacquered wooden artifacts, over 180,000 bamboo and wooden slips, and more than 1,100 textile artifacts. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

(261020) -- JINGZHOU, Oct. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member clears bamboo slips at the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2026. Established in 2003, the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou undertakes the conservation of about 80 percent of China's waterlogged bamboo and wooden slips. The center has developed comprehensive conservation techniques for such slips, covering sectors from archaeological excavation and laboratory conservation to display and storage. To date, the center has provided technical support in cultural relic conservation to more than 130 cultural and museum institutions across the country, and has restored more than 10,000 lacquered wooden artifacts, over 180,000 bamboo and wooden slips, and more than 1,100 textile artifacts. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

(261020) -- JINGZHOU, Oct. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member restores a lacquered artifact at the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2026. Established in 2003, the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou undertakes the conservation of about 80 percent of China's waterlogged bamboo and wooden slips. The center has developed comprehensive conservation techniques for such slips, covering sectors from archaeological excavation and laboratory conservation to display and storage. To date, the center has provided technical support in cultural relic conservation to more than 130 cultural and museum institutions across the country, and has restored more than 10,000 lacquered wooden artifacts, over 180,000 bamboo and wooden slips, and more than 1,100 textile artifacts. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

(261020) -- JINGZHOU, Oct. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member clears a bamboo slip at the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2026. Established in 2003, the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou undertakes the conservation of about 80 percent of China's waterlogged bamboo and wooden slips. The center has developed comprehensive conservation techniques for such slips, covering sectors from archaeological excavation and laboratory conservation to display and storage. To date, the center has provided technical support in cultural relic conservation to more than 130 cultural and museum institutions across the country, and has restored more than 10,000 lacquered wooden artifacts, over 180,000 bamboo and wooden slips, and more than 1,100 textile artifacts. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

(261020) -- JINGZHOU, Oct. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member restores the painted decoration of an artifact at the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 19, 2026. Established in 2003, the cultural relics protection center in Jingzhou undertakes the conservation of about 80 percent of China's waterlogged bamboo and wooden slips. The center has developed comprehensive conservation techniques for such slips, covering sectors from archaeological excavation and laboratory conservation to display and storage. To date, the center has provided technical support in cultural relic conservation to more than 130 cultural and museum institutions across the country, and has restored more than 10,000 lacquered wooden artifacts, over 180,000 bamboo and wooden slips, and more than 1,100 textile artifacts. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

(261020) -- TASHKENT, Oct. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Li Tianyang competes during the men's singles round of 128 match between Li Tianyang of China and Ali Alkhadrawi of Saudi Arabia at the 29th ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Oct. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

(261020) -- TASHKENT, Oct. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Li Tianyang competes during the men's singles round of 128 match between Li Tianyang of China and Ali Alkhadrawi of Saudi Arabia at the 29th ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Oct. 20, 2026. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)