WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addressing the crowd during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – Namibian leaders (from left): Vice President Lucia Witbooi, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, First Gentleman retired Army General Epapharas Ndenga Ndaitwah, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, pictured during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has granted national hero status to 16-year-old Cornelius Tulotokela Shimwaafeni, making him the youngest recipient in history. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) mobile office at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK 26 August 2026 - Bank Windhoek Managing Director, James Chapman. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OSHIKUNDE, 17 August 2026 - Former war veterans who were injured in the armed liberation struggle, Anna Thomas and her husband, Julius Petrus, at their home in Omutwewomunhu village, Oshikunde Constituency. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 August 2026 - Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Manager for Licensing, Standards and Regulatory Compliance, Sheleen Kavikairiua. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 25 August 2026 - Emilia Nghikembua, Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia's (CRAN) Chief Executive Officer (L); Silvester Wayiti, NORED’s Chief Executive Officer (R) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance infrastructure developmet. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

TOPSHOT - Rescuers use an excavator to transport a flood survivor, following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in the Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. A massive flood and landslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 103 people on August 26, 2026 and left several hundred missing, many of them foreign tourists. Aid workers said entire settlements had been "wiped out". Some 403 tourists -- 341 of them foreigners -- were unaccounted for several hours after the disaster struck, according to the tourism ministry. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

Rescuers carry in their arms a flood survivor, following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in the Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. A massive flood and landslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 103 people on August 26, 2026 and left several hundred missing, many of them foreign tourists. Aid workers said entire settlements had been "wiped out". Some 403 tourists -- 341 of them foreigners -- were unaccounted for several hours after the disaster struck, according to the tourism ministry. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

A resident walks along a street covered in mud following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. A massive flood and landslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 103 people on August 26, 2026 and left several hundred missing, many of them foreign tourists. Aid workers said entire settlements had been "wiped out". Some 403 tourists -- 341 of them foreigners -- were unaccounted for several hours after the disaster struck, according to the tourism ministry. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Residents surround the body of a flood victim following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. A massive flood and landslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 103 people on August 26, 2026 and left several hundred missing, many of them foreign tourists. Aid workers said entire settlements had been "wiped out". Some 403 tourists -- 341 of them foreigners -- were unaccounted for several hours after the disaster struck, according to the tourism ministry. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

A resident walks along a street covered in mud following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. A massive flood and landslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 103 people on August 26, 2026 and left several hundred missing, many of them foreign tourists. Aid workers said entire settlements had been "wiped out". Some 403 tourists -- 341 of them foreigners -- were unaccounted for several hours after the disaster struck, according to the tourism ministry. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

US' athlete Hana Moll competes in the women's Pole Vault event of the 2026 Wanda Diamond League - Weltklasse Zurich as part of the World Athletics IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at the Wanner Hall of the Zurich Main Railway Station in Zurich on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

US' athlete Hana Moll celebrates after clearing the bar as she competes in the women's Pole Vault event of the 2026 Wanda Diamond League - Weltklasse Zurich as part of the World Athletics IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at the Wanner Hall of the Zurich Main Railway Station in Zurich on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

US' athlete Hana Moll celebrates after clearing the bar as she competes in the women's Pole Vault event of the 2026 Wanda Diamond League - Weltklasse Zurich as part of the World Athletics IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at the Wanner Hall of the Zurich Main Railway Station in Zurich on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)