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

This picture taken during dusk on October 19, 2026, shows wind turbines beyond electric power lines and a wooden house in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, part of Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

This picture taken on October 19, 2026, shows the moon above a wind turbine in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province, part of Laos's 600-megawatt Monsoon Wind Power Project, which began operating in August 2025. Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

This picture taken on October 19, 2026, shows a motorist driving along a road in Dak Cheung, a district of Sekong province. Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

This picture taken on October 19, 2026, shows a general view during sunset in Dak Cheung, a mountainous district in Sekong Province. Rising from verdant ridgelines of southern Laos, 133 Chinese-built wind turbines help power Vietnam's surging growth and represent part of a regional rush to diversify energy sources. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: Laos-Vietnam-economy-energy-wind, FOCUS by Matt SURRUSCO and Eden EZRA

This photograph taken on October 1, 2026 shows campaigner Sarala Emmanuel speaking during an interview with AFP during the "March for Justice", marking the 1,604th consecutive day of protests seeking justice for those who went missing in Sri Lanka's 1983-2009 civil war, at Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province. From 1983 to 2009, Sri Lanka was ravaged by war between government forces representing the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatist rebels, members of a largely Hindu minority. Over 100,000 people were killed, including many civilians, according to UN estimates. Tens of thousands also disappeared or were abducted, tortured or killed by security forces or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) / To go with 'Sri Lanka-Politics-War', FOCUS by Philippe ALFROY

This photograph taken on September 30, 2026 shows Rajeshwari Chithiravadivel whose husband Navaratnam Chithiravadivel went missing during Sri Lanka's 1983-2009 civil war, speaking during an interview with AFP inside her home at Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province. From 1983 to 2009, Sri Lanka was ravaged by war between government forces representing the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatist rebels, members of a largely Hindu minority. Over 100,000 people were killed, including many civilians, according to UN estimates. Tens of thousands also disappeared or were abducted, tortured or killed by security forces or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) / To go with 'Sri Lanka-Politics-War', FOCUS by Philippe ALFROY

This photograph taken on September 30, 2026 shows Rajeshwari Chithiravadivel carrying a family portrait with her husband Navaratnam Chithiravadivel who went missing during Sri Lanka's 1983-2009 civil war, inside her home at Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province. From 1983 to 2009, Sri Lanka was ravaged by war between government forces representing the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatist rebels, members of a largely Hindu minority. Over 100,000 people were killed, including many civilians, according to UN estimates. Tens of thousands also disappeared or were abducted, tortured or killed by security forces or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) / To go with 'Sri Lanka-Politics-War', FOCUS by Philippe ALFROY

This photograph taken on September 30, 2026 shows Rajeshwari Chithiravadivel whose husband Navaratnam Chithiravadivel went missing during Sri Lanka's 1983-2009 civil war, pushing a motorbike outside her home at Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province. From 1983 to 2009, Sri Lanka was ravaged by war between government forces representing the Sinhalese majority and Tamil separatist rebels, members of a largely Hindu minority. Over 100,000 people were killed, including many civilians, according to UN estimates. Tens of thousands also disappeared or were abducted, tortured or killed by security forces or the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) / To go with 'Sri Lanka-Politics-War', FOCUS by Philippe ALFROY