WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addressing the crowd during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 – Namibian leaders (from left): Vice President Lucia Witbooi, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, First Gentleman retired Army General Epapharas Ndenga Ndaitwah, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare, pictured during the Heroes Day commemoration in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 26 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has granted national hero status to 16-year-old Cornelius Tulotokela Shimwaafeni, making him the youngest recipient in history. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

ONGWEDIVA, 26 August 2026 - The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA) mobile office at the 25th edition of the Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK 26 August 2026 - Bank Windhoek Managing Director, James Chapman. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

OSHIKUNDE, 17 August 2026 - Former war veterans who were injured in the armed liberation struggle, Anna Thomas and her husband, Julius Petrus, at their home in Omutwewomunhu village, Oshikunde Constituency. (Photo: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 August 2026 - Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Manager for Licensing, Standards and Regulatory Compliance, Sheleen Kavikairiua. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

ONDANGWA, 25 August 2026 - Emilia Nghikembua, Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia's (CRAN) Chief Executive Officer (L); Silvester Wayiti, NORED’s Chief Executive Officer (R) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance infrastructure developmet. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

(FILES) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a prayer ceremony celebrating his 90th birthday at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala, on July 6, 2025. Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on August 27 that he was praying for all those killed in devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)

(FILES) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a long-life prayer offering ceremony at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala on July 5, 2025. Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on August 27 that he was praying for all those killed in devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)

(FILES) Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama attends a Long Life Prayer offering ceremony at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala on September 10, 2025. Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on August 27 that he was praying for all those killed in devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet. (Photo by Sanjay BAID / AFP)

Representative of the protesters Supriyono, also known as Botok, attends a meeting to voice grievances to the Deputy Speakers of the Indonesian House of Representatives at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on August 27, 2026, following a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corruptors. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)

Protester representatives attend a meeting to voice their grievances to the Deputy Speakers of the Indonesian House of Representatives at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on August 27, 2026, following a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corruptors. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)

Protester representatives gesture while meeting with the Deputy Speakers of the Indonesian House of Representatives to voice their grievances at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on August 27, 2026, following a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corruptors. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)

Representative of the protesters Supriyono, also known as Botok, attends a meeting to voice grievances to the Deputy Speakers of the Indonesian House of Representatives at the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on August 27, 2026, following a demonstration urging lawmakers to immediately pass an asset forfeiture law for corruptors. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)

TOPSHOT - Women walk past a house bearing sludge marks that show the water level after flash floods near Devighat, Bidur Municipality in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Nepal's disaster agency said that 823 people remained out of contact on August 27, more than 24 hours after a deadly flood tore through the border region with Tibet. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP)