OSHAKATI, 21 March 2026 - Chairperson of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority, Herman Iipumbu, pictured during the 36th independence anniversary celebration in Oshakati. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, speaks at the Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Former Trade and Industry Minister and liberation struggle veteran Ben Amathila pictured at the 36th independence celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Swapo Member of Parliament, Fenny Tutjavi, speaks at the independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

Slovenia's Tina Sutej competes in the women's final pole vault event during the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 2026 in Torun, Poland on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Italtrans Racing Team's Spanish rider Daniel Munoz, who finished second, celebrates on the podium of the Moto2 Grand Prix of Brazil at the Ayrton Senna International racetrack in Goiania, state of Goias, Brazil, on March 22, 2026. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)

General view of Santo Domingo, a tributary of the Miranda river at the Fazenda San Francisco at the Pantanal, a key region along birds' migratory routes in the Americas, in the municipality of Miranda in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil on March 20, 2026. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)

Tourists navegate the Santo Domingo, a tributary of the Miranda river at the Fazenda San Francisco at the Pantanal, a key region along birds' migratory routes in the Americas, in the municipality of Miranda in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil on March 20, 2026. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)