SWAKOPMUND, 19 June 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp addressing youth delegates gathered at the multipurpose centre in Swakopmund for the third National Youth Council of Namibia general assembly which will take place over the weekend and is anticipated to end in an election for the council’s new leadership. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

ACCRA, 18 June 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah speaking at the high-level consultative conference in Accra, Ghana, on the United Nations Resolution on the Transatlantic Slave Trade on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

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

OKAKARARA, 17 June 2026 - The Chief Executive Officer of Okakarara Town Council, Ernst Katjiku speaks on Wednesday evening about his exit from the council before end of this year. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OKAKARARA, 17 June 2026 - The Chief Executive Officer of Okakarara Town Council, Ernst Katjiku speaks on Wednesday evening about his exit from the council before end of this year. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) 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.

A Netherlands' supporter cheers ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group F football match between the Netherlands and Sweden at the Houston Stadium in Houston on June 20, 2026. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

Netherlands' supporters cheer ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group F football match between the Netherlands and Sweden at the Houston Stadium in Houston on June 20, 2026. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

People take a sunbath at the beach in Marseille, southern France on June 20, 2026 as the heatwave sweeps across France. France issued a red heatwave alert across more than a third of the country for June 21, 2026 as a ferocious heatwave dug in and the government banned the consumption of alcohol during the annual Fete de la Musique festivities. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

Netherlands' supporters cheer ahead of the 2026 World Cup Group F football match between the Netherlands and Sweden at the Houston Stadium in Houston on June 20, 2026. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

Taylor Fritz of the US returns the ball to Germany's Alexander Zverev during their men's singles semi-final match of the Halle Open ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by CARMEN JASPERSEN / AFP)

Germany's Alexander Zverev reacts during his men's singles semi-final match against Taylor Fritz of the US of the Halle Open ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, on June 20, 2026. (Photo by CARMEN JASPERSEN / AFP)

US player Tommy Paul returns to France's Ugo Humbert during their men's singles semi-final tennis match on day six of the ATP HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in west London on June 20, 2026. (Photo by Adrian Dennis / AFP)

An attendee waves a LGBT+ flag while taking part in the annual Gay Pride parade, known in French as « La Marche des Fiertés LGBT+ », in Strasbourg, eastern France on June 20, 2026. (Photo by ROMEO BOETZLE / AFP)