PRETORIA, 17 July 2026 – From left: Namibian Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi; Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa; and South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, pictured at the 4th Session of the South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission in Pretoria on Friday, in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

PRETORIA, 17 JULY 2026 – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah successfully co-chaired the 4th Session of the South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission (BNC), which took place today, Friday, 17 July, in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - President of the Zambian Institute of Public Relations and Communication (ZIPRAC) Irene Lungu sharing a Zambian Case Study on Proffesionalising Communication-Building the Namibian Blueprint. (Photo by: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - Director of Corporate Engagement and Internationalisation at the Namibian University of Science and Technology Gervasius Nashilongo. (Photo: MICT)

WALVIS BAY, 16 July 2026 - Information and Communication Technology Minister Emma Theofelus looks on as Namibia Ports Authority’s Executive for Commercial Services Elias Mwenyo greets Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe during his visit to the Botswana Dry port at the port of Walvis Bay. (Photo: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - New Era Publication Corporation Chief Executive Officer Christof Maletsky participates in a panel discussion on Service Delivery and Managing the Narrative at the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC). (Photos: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Vice President Lucia Witbooi, Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe, Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus led a delegation to the Botswana Dry Port and the Walvis Bay Port. (Photo: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Namibian Sun Editor in Chief and Chairperson of the Editors’ Forum Toivo Ndjebela on Thursday at the Effective Communicators Conference at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

FILED - 18 September 2025, Berlin: FILE PHOTO - Fuechse Berlin Managing Director Bob Hanning stands on the court following a match against Aalborg Håndbold at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Andreas Gora/dpa

(260718) -- CHONGQING, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits evacuated residents at a temporary shelter in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 18, 2026. Zhang led officials from relevant departments to Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing on Friday evening to direct on-site search and rescue operations and emergency response work on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

(260718) -- CHONGQING, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, visits injured people at the county people's hospital in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 18, 2026. Zhang led officials from relevant departments to Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing on Friday evening to direct on-site search and rescue operations and emergency response work on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

(260718) -- CHONGQING, July 18, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, reviews and refines the rescue plan at the disaster site in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 18, 2026. Zhang led officials from relevant departments to Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing on Friday evening to direct on-site search and rescue operations and emergency response work on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

Spectators atop a Citroen 2CV wave flags as the pack of riders (peloton) cycles past during the 14th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 155,3 km between Mulhouse and Le Markstein in the Vosges mountains, on July 18, 2026. (Photo by Jeff PACHOUD / AFP)

The pack of riders (peloton) cycles at the start of the 14th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 155,3 km between Mulhouse and Le Markstein in the Vosges mountains, on July 18, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

French right-wing party Horizons founder and president, mayor of Le Havre and candidate for the 2027 French presidential election Edouard Philippe interacts with a toddler during a visit in Guerande, western France on July 18, 2026, as part of his Presidential campaign. France votes in a presidential election scheduled for April 2027. (Photo by Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP)

A woman holds a portrait of a Hezbollah fighter who was killed in clashes with the Israeli army during a mass funeral in the southern Lebanese village of Majdel Selm on July 18, 2026. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on July 18 left Beirut for Washington, where he is expected to meet Donald Trump, the Lebanese presidency said, after talks between Lebanon and Israel wrapped up in Italy. Hezbollah pulled Lebanon into the Middle East war on March 2, when it began striking Israel in support of its backer Tehran. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP) /