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

Slovenia's rider Tadej Pogacar of team UAE Emirates - XRG celebrates on the podium of the first stage of the Men's Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race, in Sondrio, Italy, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Australia's Xavier Bartlett (L) and Joel Davies (2L) celebrate their team's win as Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman (R) shakes hands with captain Towhid Hridoy at the end of their first Twenty20 international cricket match in the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium of Chattogram on June 17, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

(FILES) England fans celebrate after England's first goal as they watch on a giant screen the UEFA Euro 2024 final football match between Spain and England, in Benidorm, eastern coast of Spain, on July 14, 2024. The outcome of England's World Cup opener on June 17, 2026 remains uncertain but one result appears far more predictable in Benidorm: a sharp decline in local beer stocks. The Spanish Mediterranean resort, one of Britain's favorite holiday destinations, could serve up to 80,000 litres of beer on Wednesday as England begins its World Cup campaign, according to estimates from the local hospitality industry. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

Australia's Joel Davies (L) and Xavier Bartlett (C) celebrate their team's win against Bangladesh at the end of their first Twenty20 international cricket match in the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium of Chattogram on June 17, 2026. (Photo by AFP)

US President Donald Trump (C) gestures as he addresses the media alongside United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (L), US Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick (2L), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2R) and US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent during a closing press conference at the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. A G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland and it will be attended by country leaders as well as the EU's foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during a ceremony to welcome Southeast Asian leaders and heads of delegations participating in the Russia-ASEAN summit, which commemorates 35 years of collaboration between Russia and the ASEAN countries, in the central Russian city of Kazan, around 700 kilometres (435 miles) east of the capital Moscow, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Jockey Harry Davies celebrates on Rogue Diplomat after riding to win the Royal Hunt Cup horse race on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

NSN Cycling Team's Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay (C) celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Soudal Quick-Step's Belgian rider Tim Merlier (R) to win the 1st stage of the Tour of Belgium cycling race, 187.9 km starting and finishing in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, on June 17, 2026. The Belgium Tour takes place from 17 to 21 June. (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT