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

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - In the Picture: Rössing Uranium is Johan Coetzee. Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Mining companies operating in the Erongo Region invested well over N.dollars 160 million in community development, education, healthcare and skills training over the past financial year, with Rössing Uranium alone accounting for N.dollars 73.5 million, Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses said on Wednesday. (Phot contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 15 June 2026 - Senior councillor of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority Fabianus Uaseuapuani during an interview with Nampa ahead of the SORA in the Erongo Region. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

DAURES, 16 June 2026 - A signage indicating the three settlement and villages of Uis, Omatjete and Okombahe, respectively. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Luigi Mangione (C), accused of the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Angelina Katsanis / POOL / AFP)

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales (R) smiles from one of the boxes on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Israeli security forces stand guard as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather to protest against military conscription outside Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. Israeli lawmakers voted on June 10 to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly challenged that status in recent years culminating in a 2024 ruling that the government must conscript them. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Israeli security forces stand guard as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather to protest against military conscription outside Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. Israeli lawmakers voted on June 10 to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly challenged that status in recent years culminating in a 2024 ruling that the government must conscript them. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi gestures after a foul on Algeria's defender #02 Aissa Mandi during the 2026 World Cup Group J football match between Argentina and Algeria at the Kansas City Stadium in Kansas City on June 16, 2026. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews react as they stand behind a barrier during a protest against military conscription outside Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. Israeli lawmakers voted on June 10 to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly challenged that status in recent years culminating in a 2024 ruling that the government must conscript them. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Israeli security forces stand guard as ultra-Orthodox Jews gather during a protest against military conscription outside Bet Lid military prison in Kfar Yona on June 17, 2026. Israeli lawmakers voted on June 10 to advance a bill that would allow most ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to avoid military conscription, despite fierce opposition protests. Ultra-orthodox men have largely been exempted from service throughout Israel's modern history, but the Supreme Court has repeatedly challenged that status in recent years culminating in a 2024 ruling that the government must conscript them. (Photo by Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

Carole Middleton (L), the mother of Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, has a drink at one of the boxes on the second day of the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting in Ascot, west of London, on June 17, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)