Montreal, Oct 29, 2025 (AFP) - Canada central bank cuts lending rate to 2.25%, says tariff hit 'evident'

WINDHOEK, 28 October 2025 - Nampa’s Board Chairperson, Ndeuhala Katonyala-Lewis. (Photo: Contributed)

MARIENTAL, 27 October 2025 - The Real Madrid Soccer Clinic is underway in Mariental. It started on Monday and ends Friday. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

MARIENTAL, 27 October 2025 - Representatives from the Real Madrid Sports Clinic pictured with local teachers and the Hardap Region's Director of Education, Innovation, Sports Arts and Culture, Paulus Lewin, during the official opening of the Real Madrid Soccer Clinic in Mariental on Monday. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

MARIENTAL, 27 October 2025 - The Real Madrid Soccer Clinic is underway in Mariental. It started on Monday and ends Friday. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

AMINUIS, 25 October 2025 - Ovambanderu Chief Tjozohongo II Nguvauva pictured during the commemoration of the Ovambanderu community’s forced migration from concentration camps to Aminuis. (Photo by: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

AMINUIS, 27 October 2025 - Ovambanderu Chief Tjozohongo II Nguvauva pictured with Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Gaudentia Krohne, Omaheke Governor Pijoo Nganate, and the Ovambanderu leadership during the commemoration of the Ovambanderu community’s forced migration from concentration camps to Aminuis. (Photo by: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

AMINUIS, 27 October 2025 - Ovambanderu Traditional Authority Chief Tjozohongo II Nguvauva (C) flanked by Zebald Tjozongoro (L) and Kaitjombiri Karjirua (R). (Photo by: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 27 October 2025 - Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Ruth Masake speaks during the official launch of the five-year National Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA