ONANDJABA, 02 July 2026 – Chairperson of the Onandjaba Village Council, Erkki Kandjaba. (Photo: Contributed)

ONANDJABA, 02 July 2026 – Chairperson of the Onandjaba Village Council, Erkki Kandjaba. (Photo: Contributed)

MARIENTAL, 02 July 2026 - The NamPower Foundation has donated baby care essentials to vulnerable mothers in the Hardap Rural Constituency. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 01 July 2026 - Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, and the United States of America's Ambassador to Namibia, John Giordano, pictured at the USA's 250th Independence Day celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

GIBEON, 01 July 2026 - Residents of Gibeon have petitioned the Namibian Police Force’s Hardap regional commander, calling for an urgent investigation into allegations of police brutality and abuse of authority at the Gibeon Police Station. (Photo: Contributed)

OPUWO, 01 July 2026 - Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa and the governor of Kunene Region, Vipuakuje Muharukua, during a stakeholder engagement on Wednesday in Opuwo. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

MPUNGU, 01 July 2026 - The construction of classrooms is underway at Cause Primary School in the Mpungu Constituency. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

MPUNGU, 01 July 2026 - The construction of classrooms is underway at Cause Primary School in the Mpungu Constituency (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Local hunters holding training rifles take part in an emergency response drill for bear and other wildlife intrusions, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

Local hunters (R) aim training rifles as a city official (C) prods a bear dummy with a pole to confirm its death during an emergency response drill for bear and other wildlife intrusions, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

A TV crew films a stuffed bear used as a target during an emergency response drill for bear and other wildlife intrusions, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

City officials and a police officer carry a bear dummy onto a truck during an emergency response drill for bear and other wildlife intrusions, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

A staff member prepares a stuffed bear used as a target during an emergency response drill for bear and other wildlife intrusions, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

Bear spray prepared for an emergency response drill for bear and other wildlife intrusions is seen in Isehara, Kanagawa prefecture on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

A stuffed bear used as a target stands in a bush during an emergency response drill for bear and other wildlife intrusions, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

Local hunters take part in a tabletop exercise as part of an emergency response drill for bear and other wildlife intrusions, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)