SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, during the launch of the Roads Authority’s mobile unit, Natis on Wheels. (Photo by: Chelva) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Education officials, school principals, teachers, learners, community leaders and other stakeholders of education attending the Erongo Region Education conference to assess challenges facing the sector. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 June 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare pictured with Ovaherero Chief Professor Mutjinde Katjiua during a recent meeting in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

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

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds a press conference on the sidelines of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds a press conference on the sidelines of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds a press conference on the sidelines of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds a press conference on the sidelines of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds a press conference on the sidelines of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the NATO headquarters, in Brussels, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)

Palestinians gather at the site where a vehicle was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on June 18, 2026. A ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since October, but Israel reserves the right to strike targets it deems a threat. The territory remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes continue, with both the military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Palestinians gather at the site where a vehicle was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on June 18, 2026. A ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since October, but Israel reserves the right to strike targets it deems a threat. The territory remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes continue, with both the military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Palestinians gather at the site where a vehicle was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on June 18, 2026. A ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since October, but Israel reserves the right to strike targets it deems a threat. The territory remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes continue, with both the military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)