PRETORIA, 17 July 2026 – From left: Namibian Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi; Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa; and South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, pictured at the 4th Session of the South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission in Pretoria on Friday, in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

PRETORIA, 17 JULY 2026 – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah successfully co-chaired the 4th Session of the South Africa–Namibia Binational Commission (BNC), which took place today, Friday, 17 July, in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - President of the Zambian Institute of Public Relations and Communication (ZIPRAC) Irene Lungu sharing a Zambian Case Study on Proffesionalising Communication-Building the Namibian Blueprint. (Photo by: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - Director of Corporate Engagement and Internationalisation at the Namibian University of Science and Technology Gervasius Nashilongo. (Photo: MICT)

WALVIS BAY, 16 July 2026 - Information and Communication Technology Minister Emma Theofelus looks on as Namibia Ports Authority’s Executive for Commercial Services Elias Mwenyo greets Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe during his visit to the Botswana Dry port at the port of Walvis Bay. (Photo: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 17 July 2026 - New Era Publication Corporation Chief Executive Officer Christof Maletsky participates in a panel discussion on Service Delivery and Managing the Narrative at the Effective Communicators Conference (ECC). (Photos: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Vice President Lucia Witbooi, Botswana Vice President Ndaba Gaolathe, Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus led a delegation to the Botswana Dry Port and the Walvis Bay Port. (Photo: MICT)

SWAKOPMUND, 16 July 2026 - Namibian Sun Editor in Chief and Chairperson of the Editors’ Forum Toivo Ndjebela on Thursday at the Effective Communicators Conference at Swakopmund. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

(260719) -- MOSCOW, July 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Visitors enjoy delicacies during a festival of Latin American and Caribbean culture at Hermitage Garden in Moscow, Russia, July 18, 2026. Featuring live music, performance and traditional cuisines, the festival kicked off here on Saturday and will run until July 26. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)

(260719) -- TUNIS, July 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People cool off in the sea amid a heat wave in Tunis, Tunisia, July 18, 2026. An exceptionally intense heat wave swept across Tunisia, pushing temperatures to nearly 50 degrees Celsius and breaking historical records in multiple regions, local media reported on Saturday. (Photo by Adel Ezzine/Xinhua)

Pumas' forward #09 Guillermo Martinez controls the ball during the Liga MX Apertura football match between Pumas and Pachuca at Olimpico Universitario stadium in Mexico City on July 18, 2026. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)

This photograph shows a flying missile during Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 19, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russian missiles rocked Ukraine's capital overnight, killing at least one person and wounding five others day after Kyiv launched a deadly wave of drones that pounded e-commerce warehouses in Russia. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

This photograph shows glow during Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 19, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russian missiles rocked Ukraine's capital overnight, damaging residential buildings and wounding at least two people a day after Kyiv launched a wave of drone strikes deep into Russian territory. (Photo by Eugene KOTENKO / AFP)

This photograph shows glow during Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 19, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russian missiles rocked Ukraine's capital overnight, killing at least one person and wounding five others day after Kyiv launched a deadly wave of drones that pounded e-commerce warehouses in Russia. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

(FILES) Andrew Tate (R) and his brother Tristan speak to the media as they arrive in Romania back from US, in Bucharest on March 22, 2025. Radical social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested on July 18, 2026 in Miami, the US Marshals Service told AFP, with news outlet TMZ posting video of officers placing the men in custody. The UK Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement UK prosecutors will be seeking the brothers' extradition in relation to charges including rape, trafficking and assault. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)

Pumas' Brazilian forward #23 Juninho Vieira (L) and Pachuca's midfielder #26 Alan Bautista fight for the ball during the Liga MX Apertura football match between Pumas and Pachuca at Olimpico Universitario stadium in Mexico City on July 18, 2026. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)