WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 – Warrant Officer Julia Ndeulyatele and her colleagues who formed part of the protection team for the late First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism on Thursday held a Traditional Seed Fair at the Sharukwe Community Seed Bank in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia headquarters in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

KALKRAND, 30 October 2026 - The inaugural Kalkrand Marketing Expo officially started on Thursday. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises)

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Sharukwe Community Seed Bank at Sharukwe village in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NANKUTWE, 28 October 2026 - The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has donated sanitary pads and toiletries to learners at Nankutwe Combined School in the Kabbe South Constituency of the Zambezi Region. Pictured here is Colonel Glenda Lukubwe Simasiku, the Senior Staff Officer heading the Gender Division at MODVA, who spoke at the ceremony on behalf of the NDF Women’s Network. (Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 29 October 2026 - Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) will invest approximately N$13 million over five years in a project aimed at improving water security in the Swakop River Basin, following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with WWF Namibia and Global Water Challenge (GWC) on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

OTJIWARONGO, 29 October 2026 - Okakarara Health Directorate Practitioner Olivia Mbabi speaks at an information-sharing session in Otjiwarongo on Thursday. (Photo: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Girls walk past a sign that reads "Africa Welcomes, Dakar Celebrates" on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar on October 30, 2026. Over the course of two weeks some 2,700 athletes aged 17 or younger are expected to compete across 25 sports, including Russians who are returning to the Games following a ban. Events ranging from athletics to beach wrestling, rugby sevens to breaking will be held across eight venues in three locations (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP)

Sporting Lisbon's Portuguese midfielder #58 Flavio Goncalves (R) kicks the ball challenged by Casa Pia's Angolan defender #03 Kaly during the Portuguese League football match between Casa Pia AC and Sporting CP at at the Municipal Stadium in Rio Maior on October 30, 2026. (Photo by FILIPE AMORIM / AFP)

Espanyol's Spanish coach Jose Manuel Gonzalez Alvarez gestures during the Spanish league football match between Villarreal CF and RCD Espanyol at La Ceramica Stadium in Vila-real on October 30, 2026. (Photo by JOSE JORDAN / AFP)

Passengers watch from a bus as a torchbearer carries the Youth Olympic Flame on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar on October 30, 2026. Over the course of two weeks some 2,700 athletes aged 17 or younger are expected to compete across 25 sports, including Russians who are returning to the Games following a ban. Events ranging from athletics to beach wrestling, rugby sevens to breaking will be held across eight venues in three locations (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP)

Bystanders watch as a torchbearer carries the Youth Olympic Flame on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar on October 30, 2026. Over the course of two weeks some 2,700 athletes aged 17 or younger are expected to compete across 25 sports, including Russians who are returning to the Games following a ban. Events ranging from athletics to beach wrestling, rugby sevens to breaking will be held across eight venues in three locations (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT / AFP)

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan signs Expo 2030 Riyadh Participation Contract as he meets with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) during the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 2026. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting his G20 counterparts, including Russia's Sergei Lavrov, for talks that are expected to be fractious, with wars in Ukraine and Iran and surging energy prices fanning discord. The foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, taking place just days before crucial US midterm elections, will set the stage for a December G20 leaders' summit in Miami at President Donald Trump's Doral resort. (Photo by Megan Varner / POOL / AFP)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan talk as they sign documents for Expo 2030 Riyadh Participation Contract as they meet during the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 30, 2026. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting his G20 counterparts, including Russia's Sergei Lavrov, for talks that are expected to be fractious, with wars in Ukraine and Iran and surging energy prices fanning discord. The foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, taking place just days before crucial US midterm elections, will set the stage for a December G20 leaders' summit in Miami at President Donald Trump's Doral resort. (Photo by Megan Varner / POOL / AFP)

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan signs Expo 2030 Riyadh Participation Contract as he meets with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) during the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on October 30, 2026. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hosting his G20 counterparts, including Russia's Sergei Lavrov, for talks that are expected to be fractious, with wars in Ukraine and Iran and surging energy prices fanning discord. The foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, taking place just days before crucial US midterm elections, will set the stage for a December G20 leaders' summit in Miami at President Donald Trump's Doral resort. (Photo by Megan Varner / POOL / AFP)