Namibia: Shanty Residents Protest Unsanitary Bucket Toilets

A GROUP of around 40 frustrated Rehoboth residents, who live in the town's informal settlements, took to the streets yesterday to demand that the town council provide them with proper sewage and drainage facilities.

Most residents living in the almost 2 000 shanties in Extension One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six areas of Blikkiesdorp currently use the "bucket system" - defecating in a bucket stored outside their homes while the municipality arranges for these to be emptied once a week.

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