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

US player Jenson Brooksby returns against Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo during their men's singles round of 16 tennis match on day two of the ATP HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in west London on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

A man stands besides luggage and stacked boxes on a platform in front of a carriage of a Ferrocarriles de Cuba train, in Havana on June 16, 2026. New restrictions on interprovincial transport in Cuba come into force on June 18, 2026, with trains running every 16 days, few weekly coaches and a state system for allocating tickets according to criteria of "urgency", amid a severe fuel shortage, under pressure from Washington. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

Passengers, one with a T-shirt depicting the US flag, carry their luggage along a platform at the Ferrocarriles de Cuba Station in Havana on June 16, 2026. New restrictions on interprovincial transport in Cuba come into force on June 18, 2026, with trains running every 16 days, few weekly coaches and a state system for allocating tickets according to criteria of "urgency", amid a severe fuel shortage, under pressure from Washington. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

Passengers carry their luggage along a platform at the Ferrocarriles de Cuba Station in Havana on June 16, 2026. New restrictions on interprovincial transport in Cuba come into force on June 18, 2026, with trains running every 16 days, few weekly coaches and a state system for allocating tickets according to criteria of "urgency", amid a severe fuel shortage, under pressure from Washington. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

(Top L-R) Portugal's goalkeeper #01 Diogo Costa, Portugal's defender #25 Nuno Mendes, Portugal's defender #04 Tomas Araujo, Portugal's midfielder #13 Renato Veiga, Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo, (bottom L-R) Portugal's defender #20 Joao Cancelo, Portugal's midfielder #15 Joao Neves, Portugal's forward #18 Pedro Neto, Portugal's midfielder #23 Vitinha, Portugal's midfielder #10 Bernardo Silva and Portugal's midfielder #08 Bruno Fernandes pose prior to the 2026 World Cup Group K football match between Portugal and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the Houston Stadium in Houston on June 17, 2026. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

Passengers carry their luggage along a platform at the Ferrocarriles de Cuba Station in Havana on June 16, 2026. New restrictions on interprovincial transport in Cuba come into force on June 18, 2026, with trains running every 16 days, few weekly coaches and a state system for allocating tickets according to criteria of "urgency", amid a severe fuel shortage, under pressure from Washington. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

A street vendor offers mangoes to passengers on a bus on the National Highway, on the outskirts of Havana, on June 16, 2026. New restrictions on interprovincial transport in Cuba come into force on June 18, 2026, with trains running every 16 days, few weekly coaches and a state system for allocating tickets according to criteria of "urgency", amid a severe fuel shortage, under pressure from Washington. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

A man stands next to his luggage waiting for transport on the National Highway, on the outskirts of Havana on June 16, 2026. New restrictions on interprovincial transport in Cuba come into force on June 18, 2026, with trains running every 16 days, few weekly coaches and a state system for allocating tickets according to criteria of "urgency", amid a severe fuel shortage, under pressure from Washington. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)