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

Stage winner NSN Cycling Team's Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay (C) celebrates on the podium of the Tour of Belgium cycling race after the 1st stage, 187.9 km starting and finishing in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, on June 17, 2026. The Belgium Tour takes place from 17 to 21 June. (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT

Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo warms up ahead of 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)

Stage winner NSN Cycling Team's Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay (C) celebrates on the podium of the Tour of Belgium cycling race after the 1st stage, 187.9 km starting and finishing in Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, on June 17, 2026. The Belgium Tour takes place from 17 to 21 June. (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT

US President Donald Trump (C) gestures as he addresses the media alongside United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (L), US Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick (2L), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2R) and US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent during a closing press conference at the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026. A G7 summit is set to take place June 15 to 17 in the French town of Evian-les-Bains near Switzerland and it will be attended by country leaders as well as the EU's foreign policy chief and ministers from Brazil, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Slovenia's rider Tadej Pogacar of team UAE Emirates - XRG celebrates on the podium of the first stage of the Men's Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) cycling race, in Sondrio, Italy, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo warms up ahead of 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)

Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo (L), Portugal's midfielder #15 Joao Neves (C) and Portugal's midfielder #23 Vitinha warm up ahead of 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)

Portugal's forward #07 Cristiano Ronaldo warms up ahead of 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)