OSHAKATI, 21 March 2026 - Chairperson of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority, Herman Iipumbu, pictured during the 36th independence anniversary celebration in Oshakati. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, speaks at the Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Former Trade and Industry Minister and liberation struggle veteran Ben Amathila pictured at the 36th independence celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Swapo Member of Parliament, Fenny Tutjavi, speaks at the independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

Motorists queue to fill their tanks ahead of a petrol price adjustment expected on March 23, at a petrol station in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on March 22, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) / China OUT

Thick mud and debris surround a home after the Kona Low storm flood devastated the Otake Camp community in Waialua, Hawaii on March 22, 2026. Severe rains have battered the region over the weekend prompting officials to order evacuations. (Photo by Marco GARCIA / AFP)

Residents and volunteers work on cleaning up after the Kona Low storm flood that devastated the Otake Camp community in Waialua, Hawaii, on March 22, 2026. Severe rains have battered the region over the weekend prompting officials to order evacuations. (Photo by Marco GARCIA / AFP)

A destroyed car is moved off the road after the Kona Low storm flood devastated the Otake Camp community in Waialua, Hawaii, on March 22, 2026. Severe rains have battered the region over the weekend prompting officials to order evacuations. (Photo by Marco GARCIA / AFP)