Namibia: 40 Percent of Households Still Without Toilets

Namibia continues to face serious sanitation challenges, with 40% of the country’s households still practising open defecation, according to the 2023 Census Report released by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA).

Speaking on behalf of the minister of agriculture, water and land reform at the first National Sanitation Symposium, deputy minister Ruthy Masake says the situation remains most severe in rural areas and informal settlements. In the Zambezi region alone, 77.5% of households still lack…