Namibia: Zambezi region faces sanitation crisis as 77.5% of households lack toilets, census reveals – National

Over three-quarters of households in the Zambezi region rely on bushes when nature calls.

Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) senior statistician Tommy Harris told The Namibian that 28 909 households out of 37 296, or 77.5%, have no toilets.

“Only 6 858 (18.4%) use flush toilets out of the 37 296 households in the region,” he says.

He says in the urban area about 6 629 households do not have toilets, while 7 012 households in town have no flushing toilets.

According to the 2023…