GOBABIS, 21 March 2026 - Director General of the National Planning Commission, Dr Kaire Mbuende. (Photo: Contributed)

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

23 March 2026, Bavaria, Munich: Markus Soeder, Minister-President of Bavaria, attends a press conference at the Christian Social Union (CSU) state leadership after the party's executive committee. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (L) greets Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ahead of a meeting in Moscow on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Alexander Miridonov / POOL / AFP)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin (L) greets Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ahead of a meeting in Moscow on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Alexander Miridonov / POOL / AFP)

A gas station attendant refuels a motorcycle in Athens on March 23, 2026. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on March 23, 2026 announced a raft of additional measures to mitigate the energy cost of the Middle East war. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)