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

British sailor Sam Goodchild looks on aboard his "Macif Sante Prevoyance" IMOCA Class as he prepares to pass through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV receives a ball as a gift during an audience with delegations from Villanova University and the University of Notre Dame at the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican on October 31, 2026. (Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP)

British sailor Sam Goodchild waves to the public aboard his "Macif Sante Prevoyance" IMOCA Class as he prepares to pass through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

British sailor Sam Goodchild waves to the public aboard his "Macif Sante Prevoyance" IMOCA Class as he prepares to pass through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with delegations from Villanova University and the University of Notre Dame at the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican on October 31, 2026. (Photo by TIZIANA FABI / AFP)

British sailor Sam Goodchild waves to the public aboard his "Macif Sante Prevoyance" IMOCA Class as he prepares to pass through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

British sailor Sam Goodchild waves to the public aboard his "Macif Sante Prevoyance" IMOCA Class as he prepares to pass through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

British sailor Sam Goodchild waves to the public aboard his "Macif Sante Prevoyance" IMOCA Class as he prepares to pass through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)