‘Not the Kind of Life a Human Being Should Live’. Part One: How Namibia’s sanitation crisis is endangering its people and its future Namibia ranks the worst for sanitation coverage in southern Africa. Over 1 million Namibians, nearly half the country.
Every day, Natalia Shaanika, 15, escorts her five younger siblings across a busy road to a landfill site to relieve themselves. As they squat – partially hidden by scraps of corrugated iron and used toilet paper – their older sister keeps watch.
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Namibia ranks the worst for sanitation coverage in southern Africa. Over a million Namibians – nearly half the country – lack adequate access to toilets. In this three-part series, journalists Freddie Clayton and Sonja Smith, and photographer Margaret Courtney-Clarke, document Namibia’s dire sa.