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

WINDHOEK, 01 July 2026 - The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank), Dr Robert Eiman. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

(261030) -- TIMIMOUN, Oct. 30, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2026 shows hot air balloons in Timimoun, Algeria. The 1st International Hot Air Balloon and Giant Kite Festival is held from Oct. 28 to Nov. 2 in Timimoun, Algeria. (Photo by Billel Bensalem/Xinhua)

(261030) -- BEIJING, Oct. 30, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is also secretary of the leading Party members group of the State Council, presides over a meeting of the group to study and discuss plans to implement the guiding principles of the fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 30, 2026. The meeting was attended by Ding Xuexiang. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

Visitors walk in the Village of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloup in the harbour of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 30, 2026, a few days prior to the start of the solo sailing race from Saint-Malo to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP)

French skipper Fabrice Amedeo organises his meals as he restocks his Imoca monhull Fdj United - Ocean Calling in the harbour of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 30, 2026, a few days prior to the start of La Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloup solo sailing race from Saint-Malo to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP)

French skipper Fabrice Amedeo holds fruits as he restocks his Imoca monhull Fdj United - Ocean Calling in the harbour of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 30, 2026, a few days prior to the start of La Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloup solo sailing race from Saint-Malo to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP)

French skipper Fabrice Amedeo organises his meals as he restocks his Imoca monhull Fdj United - Ocean Calling in the harbour of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 30, 2026, a few days prior to the start of La Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloup solo sailing race from Saint-Malo to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP)

French skipper Fabrice Amedeo organises his meals as he restocks his Imoca monhull Fdj United - Ocean Calling in the harbour of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 30, 2026, a few days prior to the start of La Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloup solo sailing race from Saint-Malo to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP)

Visitors walk in the Village of the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloup in the harbour of Saint-Malo, northwestern France on October 30, 2026, a few days prior to the start of the solo sailing race from Saint-Malo to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP)