The Namibian government has vowed to take action following an investigation by the Centre for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ) into the nation’s dire sanitation.
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.