WINDHOEK, 07 MAY 2026 - Minister of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Indileni Daniel (L) and the Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security Lucia Iipumbu (R) officially launched the National Customer Service Excellence Initiative to enhance customer service standards at all ports of entry. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 06 May 2026 - Newly appointed Capricorn Private Wealth Head, Elize Smith. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 06 May 2026 - Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Gaudentia Kröhne (C) and stakeholders of the African Green Industries (AGI) Summit launch pose for a photo. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

OSHAKATI, 05 May 2026 - Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Ruthy Masake, adressing the Oshana youth during the agricultural engagement on Monday held in Oshakati. (photo: contributed)

13 May 2026, Brandenburg, Wuhden: View of the Oderbruch landscape from a hill. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa

13 May 2026, Berlin: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the start of the German Cabinet meeting in the Chancellery. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

13 May 2026, Berlin: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (3-L) speaks alongside Lars Klingbeil, German Minister of Finance, Alexander Dobrindt (L), German Minister of the Interior, and Thorsten Frei (R), Head of the German Chancellery and German Minister for Special Tasks, at the start of the meeting of the Federal Cabinet in the Chancellery. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

(FILES) A picture taken on May 19, 2020 in Toulouse southern France shows a protective surgical face mask as France eases lockdown measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. In the event of an epidemic in France, which is not the case with the hantavirus at this stage, France has a stockpile of masks that would allow it to cope for “at least three months,” the French Prime Minister's press office said on May 13, 2026. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)