SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, during the launch of the Roads Authority’s mobile unit, Natis on Wheels. (Photo by: Chelva) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Education officials, school principals, teachers, learners, community leaders and other stakeholders of education attending the Erongo Region Education conference to assess challenges facing the sector. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 June 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare pictured with Ovaherero Chief Professor Mutjinde Katjiua during a recent meeting in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

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

Rowers participate in a dragon boat race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Taipei on June 19, 2026 (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)

Rowers participate in a dragon boat race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Taipei on June 19, 2026 (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)

Rowers participate in a dragon boat race to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in Taipei on June 19, 2026 (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP)

Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) gather on a blocked road during a weeks-long protest in Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on June 18, 2026, following the group's ban under anti-terrorism laws by local authorities. A nearly two-week standoff between protesters and police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has left residents grappling with food shortages, while the death toll from clashes rose to 22, according to an AFP tally on June 17. Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an anti-government movement demanding economic and governance reforms, have pressed ahead with protests despite the group being banned this month under anti-terrorism laws. (Photo by AFP)

Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) gather during a weeks-long protest in Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on June 18, 2026, following the group's ban under anti-terrorism laws by local authorities. A nearly two-week standoff between protesters and police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has left residents grappling with food shortages, while the death toll from clashes rose to 22, according to an AFP tally on June 17. Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an anti-government movement demanding economic and governance reforms, have pressed ahead with protests despite the group being banned this month under anti-terrorism laws. (Photo by AFP)

Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) gather during a weeks-long protest in Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on June 18, 2026, following the group's ban under anti-terrorism laws by local authorities. A nearly two-week standoff between protesters and police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has left residents grappling with food shortages, while the death toll from clashes rose to 22, according to an AFP tally on June 17. Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an anti-government movement demanding economic and governance reforms, have pressed ahead with protests despite the group being banned this month under anti-terrorism laws. (Photo by AFP)

Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) gather on a blocked road during a weeks-long protest in Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on June 18, 2026, following the group's ban under anti-terrorism laws by local authorities. A nearly two-week standoff between protesters and police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has left residents grappling with food shortages, while the death toll from clashes rose to 22, according to an AFP tally on June 17. Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an anti-government movement demanding economic and governance reforms, have pressed ahead with protests despite the group being banned this month under anti-terrorism laws. (Photo by AFP)

A general view shows a blocked road during a weeks-long protest by the supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Neelum Valley, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on June 18, 2026, following the group's ban under anti-terrorism laws by local authorities. A nearly two-week standoff between protesters and police in Pakistan-administered Kashmir has left residents grappling with food shortages, while the death toll from clashes rose to 22, according to an AFP tally on June 17. Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an anti-government movement demanding economic and governance reforms, have pressed ahead with protests despite the group being banned this month under anti-terrorism laws. (Photo by AFP)