WaterAid warns of regional cholera epidemic as cases spread across Southern Africa – The Mail & Guardian
Focus required to fix root causes: lack of access to clean water and sanitation
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Focus required to fix root causes: lack of access to clean water and sanitation
United States (U.S.) Launches New Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Strategy in Ghana
Ever since independence, Namibians have sought education, employment and better lives in Windhoek, the country’s political and industrial epicenter. It’s harder to make a living in rural Namibia.
Xhuka Shorty and his family are San, an indigenous group of people in southern Africa. Eight years ago, he and 16 members of his family were evicted from the farmland where they had lived and worked as laborers for generations.
The Namibian government’s 2008 Water Supply and Sanitation Policy outlined that improving sanitation would also require ‘community involvement and participation’. But it appears the government has not followed its own guidance. In this three-part series, journalists Freddie Clayton and Sonja Sm...