SWAKOPMUND, 11 September 2026 - National Planning Commission Director General Ambassador Kaire Mbuende, Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, Chief Regional Officer Sam Ntelamo and other regional leaders among beneficiaries at the Erongo Governor’s Fish Consumption Promotion Project in Swakopmund. (Photo contributed)

WINDHOEK, 14 September 2026 - Petrol and diesel price rises pushed Windhoek's inflation to 5.9% in August 2026, above the national rate of 5.0%, Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) said recently. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - Liberation struggle veteran, former Robben Island prisoner, and lifelong workers' rights advocate Helao Joseph Shityuwete was laid to rest at the Gammams Cemetery in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Sunday following a state funeral. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Vipers and Keetmanshoop Rams Rugby Clubs players (in blue/dark blue and white, blue and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans Rugby Clubs players while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Oceans and Oranjemund Rugby Clubs players (in blue/black and orange and red) while in action during the second semifinals of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) First Division championship trophy at the Hage Geingob Stadium. Oranjemund won the match 26-19 to qualify for the final against Vipers. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

(260915) -- LHASA, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A college graduate staff member inspects the Lingzhi mushrooms in a greenhouse in Milin, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2026. In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012. Nyima's daughter Tsomo graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, she left her state-owned enterprise job and returned to the demonstration family farm founded by her father. "The farm needs college-educated young people, so I came back," she said. The two generations divide up responsibilities. Father Nyima oversees the whole farm, elder brother Tsering Norbu handles core spawn cultivation technology, and Tsomo focuses on marketing and sales to drive the farm's technological and brand upgrade. The farm's Lingzhi base and greenhouses cover over 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares), with an output value reaching 9.2 million yuan (about 1.37 million U.S. dollars) in 2025. The farm has not only provided 35 stable jobs and hired four local college graduates, but also offered free spawn bags and technical guidance to the villagers. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

(260915) -- LHASA, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A college graduate staff member inspects the production of Lingzhi mushrooms spore powder in a greenhouse in Milin, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2026. In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012. Nyima's daughter Tsomo graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, she left her state-owned enterprise job and returned to the demonstration family farm founded by her father. "The farm needs college-educated young people, so I came back," she said. The two generations divide up responsibilities. Father Nyima oversees the whole farm, elder brother Tsering Norbu handles core spawn cultivation technology, and Tsomo focuses on marketing and sales to drive the farm's technological and brand upgrade. The farm's Lingzhi base and greenhouses cover over 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares), with an output value reaching 9.2 million yuan (about 1.37 million U.S. dollars) in 2025. The farm has not only provided 35 stable jobs and hired four local college graduates, but also offered free spawn bags and technical guidance to the villagers. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

(260915) -- LHASA, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A college graduate staff member promotes products via livestreaming in Milin, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2026. In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012. Nyima's daughter Tsomo graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, she left her state-owned enterprise job and returned to the demonstration family farm founded by her father. "The farm needs college-educated young people, so I came back," she said. The two generations divide up responsibilities. Father Nyima oversees the whole farm, elder brother Tsering Norbu handles core spawn cultivation technology, and Tsomo focuses on marketing and sales to drive the farm's technological and brand upgrade. The farm's Lingzhi base and greenhouses cover over 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares), with an output value reaching 9.2 million yuan (about 1.37 million U.S. dollars) in 2025. The farm has not only provided 35 stable jobs and hired four local college graduates, but also offered free spawn bags and technical guidance to the villagers. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

(260915) -- LHASA, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Staff members air white-fleshed Lingzhi mushrooms in a greenhouse in Milin, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2026. In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012. Nyima's daughter Tsomo graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, she left her state-owned enterprise job and returned to the demonstration family farm founded by her father. "The farm needs college-educated young people, so I came back," she said. The two generations divide up responsibilities. Father Nyima oversees the whole farm, elder brother Tsering Norbu handles core spawn cultivation technology, and Tsomo focuses on marketing and sales to drive the farm's technological and brand upgrade. The farm's Lingzhi base and greenhouses cover over 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares), with an output value reaching 9.2 million yuan (about 1.37 million U.S. dollars) in 2025. The farm has not only provided 35 stable jobs and hired four local college graduates, but also offered free spawn bags and technical guidance to the villagers. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

(260915) -- LHASA, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A college graduate staff member checks aired white-fleshed Lingzhi mushrooms in a greenhouse in Milin, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2026. In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012. Nyima's daughter Tsomo graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, she left her state-owned enterprise job and returned to the demonstration family farm founded by her father. "The farm needs college-educated young people, so I came back," she said. The two generations divide up responsibilities. Father Nyima oversees the whole farm, elder brother Tsering Norbu handles core spawn cultivation technology, and Tsomo focuses on marketing and sales to drive the farm's technological and brand upgrade. The farm's Lingzhi base and greenhouses cover over 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares), with an output value reaching 9.2 million yuan (about 1.37 million U.S. dollars) in 2025. The farm has not only provided 35 stable jobs and hired four local college graduates, but also offered free spawn bags and technical guidance to the villagers. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

(260915) -- LHASA, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member airs white-fleshed Lingzhi mushrooms in a greenhouse in Milin, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2026. In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012. Nyima's daughter Tsomo graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, she left her state-owned enterprise job and returned to the demonstration family farm founded by her father. "The farm needs college-educated young people, so I came back," she said. The two generations divide up responsibilities. Father Nyima oversees the whole farm, elder brother Tsering Norbu handles core spawn cultivation technology, and Tsomo focuses on marketing and sales to drive the farm's technological and brand upgrade. The farm's Lingzhi base and greenhouses cover over 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares), with an output value reaching 9.2 million yuan (about 1.37 million U.S. dollars) in 2025. The farm has not only provided 35 stable jobs and hired four local college graduates, but also offered free spawn bags and technical guidance to the villagers. (Xinhua/Liu Zhoupeng)

(260915) -- LHASA, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member inspects the production of Lingzhi mushrooms spore powder in a greenhouse in Milin, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 14, 2026. In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012. Nyima's daughter Tsomo graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, she left her state-owned enterprise job and returned to the demonstration family farm founded by her father. "The farm needs college-educated young people, so I came back," she said. The two generations divide up responsibilities. Father Nyima oversees the whole farm, elder brother Tsering Norbu handles core spawn cultivation technology, and Tsomo focuses on marketing and sales to drive the farm's technological and brand upgrade. The farm's Lingzhi base and greenhouses cover over 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares), with an output value reaching 9.2 million yuan (about 1.37 million U.S. dollars) in 2025. The farm has not only provided 35 stable jobs and hired four local college graduates, but also offered free spawn bags and technical guidance to the villagers. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

(260915) -- LHASA, Sept. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This file photo provided by the interviewee shows Nyima (C), together with his son Tsering Norbu (2nd L), daughter Tsomo (1st R) and other family members, displaying their harvest of white-fleshed Lingzhi mushrooms in Milin, Nyingchi, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012. Nyima's daughter Tsomo graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics. In 2019, she left her state-owned enterprise job and returned to the demonstration family farm founded by her father. "The farm needs college-educated young people, so I came back," she said. The two generations divide up responsibilities. Father Nyima oversees the whole farm, elder brother Tsering Norbu handles core spawn cultivation technology, and Tsomo focuses on marketing and sales to drive the farm's technological and brand upgrade. The farm's Lingzhi base and greenhouses cover over 1,000 mu (about 66.7 hectares), with an output value reaching 9.2 million yuan (about 1.37 million U.S. dollars) in 2025. The farm has not only provided 35 stable jobs and hired four local college graduates, but also offered free spawn bags and technical guidance to the villagers. (Xinhua)