WINDHOEK, 28 JULY 2023 - Namibia mourns the loss of liberation veteran Helao Joseph Shityuwete, who passed away peacefully at 92 in Windhoek, just days after his birthday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 28 July 2025 - Lamech Mwanyangapo, a prominent Namibian broadcaster and health advocate, died at 61 on 29 August after battling multiple myeloma. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 29 August 2026 - Swapo party secretary general Sophia Shaningwa and party president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pictured at the 11th Central Committee meeting in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s senior men’s national cricket team, the Eagles player JJ Smit (right) and Gerhard Erasmus celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s senior men’s national cricket team, the Eagles player JJ Smit (right) and Gerhard Erasmus celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

Uzbekistan's Nurbek Murtozoev (white) and Uzbekistan's Umar Bozorov compete in the men's under 90kg gold medal bout at the Lausanne Grand Slam judo tournament, part of the IJF World Judo Tour, in Prilly on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

France's Kaila Issoufi (white) and Japan's Kurena Ikeda compete in the women's under 78kg bronze medal bout at the Lausanne Grand Slam judo tournament, part of the IJF World Judo Tour, in Prilly on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

France's Kaila Issoufi celebrates after winning in the women's under 78kg bronze medal bout at the Lausanne Grand Slam judo tournament, part of the IJF World Judo Tour, in Prilly on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Germany's Anna Monta Olek (white) and United Arab Emirates' Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko compete in the women's under 78kg gold medal bout at the Lausanne Grand Slam judo tournament, part of the IJF World Judo Tour, in Prilly on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

(From L) Silver medallist United Arab Emirates' Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko, gold medallist Germany's Anna Monta Olek, bronze medallists France's Kaila Issoufi and Portugal's Patricia Sampaio pose during the podium ceremony of the women's under 78kg category final event at the Lausanne Grand Slam judo tournament, part of the IJF World Judo Tour, in Prilly on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Le Mans' French goalkeeper #98 Nicolas Kocik (C) is helped as he leaves the pitch injured during the French L1 football match between Stade Rennais FC and Le Mans FC at the Roazhon Park stadium in Rennes, western France, on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

Germany's Anna Monta Olek (white) and United Arab Emirates' Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko compete in the women's under 78kg gold medal bout at the Lausanne Grand Slam judo tournament, part of the IJF World Judo Tour, in Prilly on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

Japan's Tetta Hamada (white) and Uzbekistan's Ernazar Sarsenbaev compete in the men's under 100kg bronze medal bout at the Lausanne Grand Slam judo tournament, part of the IJF World Judo Tour, in Prilly on August 30, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)