SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses delivering her Sate of the Region Address. She is dressed in the uniform of the National Youth Service, in solidarity with the Namibian youth and their plight in fighting against unemployment. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) 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

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

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows shows herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati's mother, Seema Kawar carrying a plastic pan after feeding cattle outside her house in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati carrying cattle feed on his motorcycle in 40 degrees Celsius temperatures, outside his house in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati's father, Khet Singh carrying his grandson at their house in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows a drinking water bottle covered in handmade jute layer to keep it cool, at herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati's house in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows a tradititonal leather footwear called juti at herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati's house in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati sitting on a bed inside his room in 34 degrees Celsius temperatures, at his house in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati carrying cattle feed from inside his house in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)

This photograph taken on May 29, 2026 shows herdsman Sawai Singh Bhati checking his mobile phone in 34 degrees Celsius temperatures, outside his house after returning from work, in Sanwata village on the outskirts of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer city. In India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing. Temperatures in Singh's Sanwata village hit 45C in early June, as is often during the summer with the highest temperature recorded in the area as 49C. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)