Open letter to the Minister of Environment and Tourism
During the last couple years I have visited Sossusvley with quite a number of guests to our country.

I regularly take them for a walk to Dead Vley and surrounding areas, and every time I go there, I am shocked.
Shocked and appalled of the state of our biggest tourist attraction, Sossusvley.
The area of Sossusvley and its surrounds have been permitted to degrade to the state of a PUBLIC TOILET.
What has happened to our pristine desert? Your ministry and staff, Mr. Konjore is in charge, and you have failed completely to protect our most valuable asset as stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of Namibia, Article 91(c).
Please go and have a look for yourselves, take a walk in Sossusvley with one of us guides (I am a professional Namibian Tour Guide and also volunteer my services) and see for yourselves. You should be as disgusted as I am.
Virtually behind every dune or tuft of grass you will find toilet paper, tissues and excrements and more despicable items. Let me make it clear: Even one piece of toilet paper is too much!
IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY?
I do not think so. To my opinion it is you and your staff that simply ignore the basic needs and requirements of our valued Namibian guests, and  our local inhabitants. All of us have got basics needs, and one of the most basic needs is a reasonable acceptable toilet facility so that you can relieve yourselves in a hygienic and acceptable way, especially at a place where you have got a concentration of many people.
What do we have at present?
Wooden shacks over a pit that stinks to heaven with a toilet pot that is so dirty and grimy that you cannot expect any self-respecting person to use it.