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

Fans gather at the FIFA Fan Festival in Mexico City's Zocalo to watch the 2026 World Cup Group K football match between Uzbekistan and Colombia in Mexico City on June 17, 2026. (Photo by LUIS CORTES / AFP)

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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers (L) walks with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as they arrive at a press conference regarding budget changes in Sydney on June 18, 2026. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers (R) listens to Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speak during a press conference regarding budget changes in Sydney on June 18, 2026. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) stands next to Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers during a press conference regarding budget changes in Sydney on June 18, 2026. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) speaks as he stands next to Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers during a press conference regarding budget changes in Sydney on June 18, 2026. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) stands next to Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers during a press conference regarding budget changes in Sydney on June 18, 2026. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)