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

Ballot papers are distributed after polling for the Makerfield by-election closed, at the count centre venue, the Edge in Wigan, northwest England on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Election agents watch as votes are counted on ballot papers after polling for the Makerfield by-election closed, at the count centre venue, the Edge in Wigan, northwest England on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Election agents watch as votes are prepared to be counted on ballot papers after polling for the Makerfield by-election closed, at the count centre venue, the Edge in Wigan, northwest England on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Election agents watch as votes are counted on ballot papers after polling for the Makerfield by-election closed, at the count centre venue, the Edge in Wigan, northwest England on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Election agents watch as votes are counted on ballot papers after polling for the Makerfield by-election closed, at the count centre venue, the Edge in Wigan, northwest England on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

US President Donald Trump arrives for a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP)

US President Donald Trump waves as he walks through the Cross Hall after participating in a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 18, 2026. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP)

France's head coach Didier Deschamps and his players arrive for a training session at Bentley University in Waltham, near Boston, on June 18, 2026, for the 2026 World Cup football tournament. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)