SWAKOPMUND, 20 July 2026 - Regional Council attending the opening of the 2026 Annual Rural Development Progress Review and Planning Workshop in Swakopmund on Monday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 July 2026 - Rehoboth rugby club players (in red) while in action against Trustco United (in blue) during round eight of the Namibia Rugby Union Premier League at the Trustco United field in Olympia. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 July 2026 - Rehoboth rugby club players (in red) in action against Trustco United (in blue) during round eight of the Namibia Rugby Union Premier League at the Trustco United field in Olympia. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 July 2026 - Rehoboth rugby club players (in red) while in action against Trustco United (in blue) during round eight of the Namibia Rugby Union Premier League at the Trustco United field in Olympia. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 July 2026 - Miquel Busch of Rehoboth (in red) with the ball resists Gerhard Oppermann (in blue on the ground) of Trustco United during round eight of the Namibia Rugby Union Premier League at the Trustco United field in Olympia. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 17 July 2026- National Steering Committee member, Sepo Kamwayamunzi makes a presentation during a one-day consultative meeting on the Namibia Space Science and Technology Bill on Friday at Katima Mulilo’s Zambezi Regional Council auditorium. Zambezi became the 10th region consulted on the proposed legislation. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 17 July 2026 - The National Steering Committee responsible for developing the Namibia Space Science and Technology Bill held a one-day consultative meeting on Friday at the Zambezi Regional Council. Led by Dr Lisho Mundia, the Zambezi Region became the 10th region consulted on the proposed legislation. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

RUNDU, 18 July 2026 - The Kavango River. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

Riku Masuda (R) celebrates defeating Daigo Higa after their WBA bantamweight title bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on July 20, 2026. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT

Riku Masuda (R) attacks Daigo Higa in the ninth round of the WBA bantamweight title bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on July 20, 2026. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT

Riku Masuda (L) attacks Daigo Higa in the ninth round of the WBA bantamweight title bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on July 20, 2026. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT

This photo taken on June 23, 2026 shows a traditional Sumba house with its tall central roof at Tanggedu village in East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara. Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still being born into bondage. Eight of out 10 of Sumba's population of 685,000 people are Christian but its older "marapu" belief system, that blends animism and ancestor worship, has deep roots. It divides society into three castes, "the nobles, called 'maramba' -- often large landowners -- ordinary people called 'kabihu' and the slaves/servants, the atas," said rights activist Martha Hebi, author of several studies on the subject. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) / To go with Indonesia-Sumba-slavery, SPECIAL REPORT by Eric Bernaudeau

This photo taken on June 23, 2026 shows a traditional Sumba house with its tall central roof at Tanggedu village in East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara. Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still being born into bondage. Eight of out 10 of Sumba's population of 685,000 people are Christian but its older "marapu" belief system, that blends animism and ancestor worship, has deep roots. It divides society into three castes, "the nobles, called 'maramba' -- often large landowners -- ordinary people called 'kabihu' and the slaves/servants, the atas," said rights activist Martha Hebi, author of several studies on the subject. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) / To go with Indonesia-Sumba-slavery, SPECIAL REPORT by Eric Bernaudeau

This photo taken on June 23, 2026 shows an aerial view of the landscape surrounding Tanggedu village in East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara. Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still being born into bondage. Eight of out 10 of Sumba's population of 685,000 people are Christian but its older "marapu" belief system, that blends animism and ancestor worship, has deep roots. It divides society into three castes, "the nobles, called 'maramba' -- often large landowners -- ordinary people called 'kabihu' and the slaves/servants, the atas," said rights activist Martha Hebi, author of several studies on the subject. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) / To go with Indonesia-Sumba-slavery, SPECIAL REPORT by Eric Bernaudeau

This photo taken on June 26, 2026 shows men playing traditional musical instruments during a marapu funeral ceremony for Dicki Takandjandji, a member of the 'maramba' noble class, at Kaburu village at Waingapu in East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara. Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still being born into bondage. Eight of out 10 of Sumba's population of 685,000 people are Christian but its older "marapu" belief system, that blends animism and ancestor worship, has deep roots. It divides society into three castes, "the nobles, called 'maramba' -- often large landowners -- ordinary people called 'kabihu' and the slaves/servants, the atas," said rights activist Martha Hebi, author of several studies on the subject. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) / To go with Indonesia-Sumba-slavery, SPECIAL REPORT by Eric Bernaudeau

This photo taken on June 25, 2026 shows skulls and jawbones of sacrificial animals mounted on a large tree trunk alongside traditional stone carvings at Kampung Raja Prailiu at Waingapu in East Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara. Two hours from the tourist beaches of Bali, slavery is alive and well on the Indonesian island of Sumba, where people are still being born into bondage. Eight of out 10 of Sumba's population of 685,000 people are Christian but its older "marapu" belief system, that blends animism and ancestor worship, has deep roots. It divides society into three castes, "the nobles, called 'maramba' -- often large landowners -- ordinary people called 'kabihu' and the slaves/servants, the atas," said rights activist Martha Hebi, author of several studies on the subject. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) / To go with Indonesia-Sumba-slavery, SPECIAL REPORT by Eric Bernaudeau