The politician who hunted bucket toilets
The doctor who drove Namibia’s sanitation revolution Former deputy prime minister Libertina Amathila, Namibia’s first woman medical doctor, is remembered by former colleagues for driving across the country to eliminate bucket toilets. Amathila (85) the grande dame of Namibian politics, who was part of the Tanganyika group, retired from politics 16 years ago, with former colleagues saying her contribution to Namibia deserves to be remembered. “She really had energy and imagination. She would not stay in the office for long. She would always go out and do something for other people, especially the people on the margins,” says former prime