WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 – Warrant Officer Julia Ndeulyatele and her colleagues who formed part of the protection team for the late First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism on Thursday held a Traditional Seed Fair at the Sharukwe Community Seed Bank in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia headquarters in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

KALKRAND, 30 October 2026 - The inaugural Kalkrand Marketing Expo officially started on Thursday. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises)

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Sharukwe Community Seed Bank at Sharukwe village in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NANKUTWE, 28 October 2026 - The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has donated sanitary pads and toiletries to learners at Nankutwe Combined School in the Kabbe South Constituency of the Zambezi Region. Pictured here is Colonel Glenda Lukubwe Simasiku, the Senior Staff Officer heading the Gender Division at MODVA, who spoke at the ceremony on behalf of the NDF Women’s Network. (Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 29 October 2026 - Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) will invest approximately N$13 million over five years in a project aimed at improving water security in the Swakop River Basin, following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with WWF Namibia and Global Water Challenge (GWC) on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

OTJIWARONGO, 29 October 2026 - Okakarara Health Directorate Practitioner Olivia Mbabi speaks at an information-sharing session in Otjiwarongo on Thursday. (Photo: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

This aerial photograph shows skipper Violette Dorange sailing her Imoca Initiative Cњur past Saint-Malo's harbour off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP)

This aerial photograph shows skipper Violette Dorange sailing her Imoca Initiative Cњur through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP)

This aerial photograph shows skipper Violette Dorange sailing her Imoca Initiative Cњur through the Naye lock of Saint-Malo's harbour, to moor off the coast of Saint-Malo northwestern France on October 31, 2026 on the eve of the start of the Route du Rhum solo sailing race from Saint-Malo, to Pointe-a-Pitre in the French overseas island of Guadeloupe. (Photo by LOU BENOIST / AFP)

French lawyer and President of Paris' lawyers unions (SAF) Mohamed Jaite (C-L) looks on during a gathering of lawyers to protest against the State Council decision to maintain the ban on the Bastille-Nation route for the demonstration over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students, in front of the State Council, in Paris on October 31, 2026. In a final twist, the Paris procession will set off at 2:00 p.m. in the eastern part of the capital, following the decision by the Conseil d'État to overturn October 30’s ruling by the Paris administrative court. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)

French lawyer and member of the collective "Colere Noire" Romain Ruiz looks on during a gathering of lawyers to protest against the State Council decision to maintain the ban on the Bastille-Nation route for the demonstration over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students, in front of the State Council, in Paris on October 31, 2026. In a final twist, the Paris procession will set off at 2:00 p.m. in the eastern part of the capital, following the decision by the Conseil d'État to overturn October 30’s ruling by the Paris administrative court. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)

French lawyer and member of the collective "Colere Noire" Romain Ruiz speaks during a gathering of lawyers to protest against the State Council decision to maintain the ban on the Bastille-Nation route for the demonstration over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students, in front of the State Council, in Paris on October 31, 2026. In a final twist, the Paris procession will set off at 2:00 p.m. in the eastern part of the capital, following the decision by the Conseil d'État to overturn October 30’s ruling by the Paris administrative court. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)

(261031) -- MONTPELLIER, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yidi of China celebrates after the women's singles quarterfinal match between Chen Xingtong of China and Wang Yidi of China at the WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 in Montpellier, France, on Oct. 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

(261031) -- MONTPELLIER, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yidi of China hits a return during the women's singles quarterfinal match between Chen Xingtong of China and Wang Yidi of China at the WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 in Montpellier, France, on Oct. 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)