SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses delivering her Sate of the Region Address. She is dressed in the uniform of the National Youth Service, in solidarity with the Namibian youth and their plight in fighting against unemployment. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

UIS, 16 June 2026 - Uis in the Erongo Region, was upgraded from settlement to town status, becoming the region’s eighth local authority, ǀGoagoses said in her second State of the Region Address delivered in Swakopmund, with N.dollars 1 million allocated for an Infrastructure Master Plan and N.dollars 8.5 million for an ongoing bulk water pipeline. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - In the Picture: Rössing Uranium is Johan Coetzee. Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 15 June 2026 - Senior councillor of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority Fabianus Uaseuapuani during an interview with Nampa ahead of the SORA in the Erongo Region. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

TOPSHOT - France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) and US President Donald Trump (R) talk inside Chateau de Versailles ahead of a dinner to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States, in Versailles southwest of Paris on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Congolese supporters dressed in the colors of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national flag celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. Ituri, a remote province in northeastern Congo, is at the epicenter of the 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on May 15 in the DRC. The virus has infected 837 people and caused 196 deaths so far, according to the latest official figures. In the city of Bunia alone, 215 cases of infection have been confirmed, while the DRC’s testing capacity is limited. The scale of the health crisis is still unknown, scientists, aid workers, and international health authorities acknowledge. But for 90 minutes of the match, some of the roughly 100 million inhabitants say they were able to escape the worries linked to the epidemic, the conflict in the east of the country, and the violence of armed groups. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

Military Police officers patrol in a pickup truck through the streets of Bunia as Congolese supporters celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. Ituri, a remote province in northeastern Congo, is at the epicenter of the 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on May 15 in the DRC. The virus has infected 837 people and caused 196 deaths so far, according to the latest official figures. In the city of Bunia alone, 215 cases of infection have been confirmed, while the DRC’s testing capacity is limited. The scale of the health crisis is still unknown, scientists, aid workers, and international health authorities acknowledge. But for 90 minutes of the match, some of the roughly 100 million inhabitants say they were able to escape the worries linked to the epidemic, the conflict in the east of the country, and the violence of armed groups. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

Military Police officers patrol in a pickup truck through the streets of Bunia as Congolese supporters celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. Ituri, a remote province in northeastern Congo, is at the epicenter of the 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on May 15 in the DRC. The virus has infected 837 people and caused 196 deaths so far, according to the latest official figures. In the city of Bunia alone, 215 cases of infection have been confirmed, while the DRC’s testing capacity is limited. The scale of the health crisis is still unknown, scientists, aid workers, and international health authorities acknowledge. But for 90 minutes of the match, some of the roughly 100 million inhabitants say they were able to escape the worries linked to the epidemic, the conflict in the east of the country, and the violence of armed groups. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

TOPSHOT - Congolese supporters celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. Ituri, a remote province in northeastern Congo, is at the epicenter of the 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on May 15 in the DRC. The virus has infected 837 people and caused 196 deaths so far, according to the latest official figures. In the city of Bunia alone, 215 cases of infection have been confirmed, while the DRC’s testing capacity is limited. The scale of the health crisis is still unknown, scientists, aid workers, and international health authorities acknowledge. But for 90 minutes of the match, some of the roughly 100 million inhabitants say they were able to escape the worries linked to the epidemic, the conflict in the east of the country, and the violence of armed groups. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

A man eats a plate of food as Congolese supporters celebrate the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. Ituri, a remote province in northeastern Congo, is at the epicenter of the 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on May 15 in the DRC. The virus has infected 837 people and caused 196 deaths so far, according to the latest official figures. In the city of Bunia alone, 215 cases of infection have been confirmed, while the DRC’s testing capacity is limited. The scale of the health crisis is still unknown, scientists, aid workers, and international health authorities acknowledge. But for 90 minutes of the match, some of the roughly 100 million inhabitants say they were able to escape the worries linked to the epidemic, the conflict in the east of the country, and the violence of armed groups. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

TOPSHOT - A Congolese supporter dressed in the colors of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national flag celebrates the Leopards' equalizing goal in a street in Bunia at night during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. Ituri, a remote province in northeastern Congo, is at the epicenter of the 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on May 15 in the DRC. The virus has infected 837 people and caused 196 deaths so far, according to the latest official figures. In the city of Bunia alone, 215 cases of infection have been confirmed, while the DRC’s testing capacity is limited. The scale of the health crisis is still unknown, scientists, aid workers, and international health authorities acknowledge. But for 90 minutes of the match, some of the roughly 100 million inhabitants say they were able to escape the worries linked to the epidemic, the conflict in the east of the country, and the violence of armed groups. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)

A general view of Congolese supporters gathering at the main round point during a FIFA World Cup match between DR Congo and Portugal in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 17, 2026. Ituri, a remote province in northeastern Congo, is at the epicenter of the 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on May 15 in the DRC. The virus has infected 837 people and caused 196 deaths so far, according to the latest official figures. In the city of Bunia alone, 215 cases of infection have been confirmed, while the DRC’s testing capacity is limited. The scale of the health crisis is still unknown, scientists, aid workers, and international health authorities acknowledge. But for 90 minutes of the match, some of the roughly 100 million inhabitants say they were able to escape the worries linked to the epidemic, the conflict in the east of the country, and the violence of armed groups. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP)