Beaches In Durban Over Christmas and New Year

All very well to say Durban is beautiful!!!! It used to be. Go  into town and see the filth, noisy with mini taxis hooting, music blearing and dirt all over. Durban is one of  the dirtiest citiea in South Africa, where most of the people are aggressive, have no manners, are arrogant and take no pride in their city or respect for one another. Take a trip  to Victoria Embankment and take photos of some of the buildings that used to be beautiful, now they have broken windows, are dirty, etc. Some do not even have doors, and I am talking of flats. We have just been on Holiday to other provinces and the towns and suburbs were clean. People are respectful. Even the mini taxi drivers were so cordial. The mini taxis' depots were clean, no noise and orderly! Why can't Durban people have the same attitude ? They blame the apartheid??? Please???!!! This Province used to be beautiful and fun to live in and one to brag about, now I am not proud of Durban at all. I am just waiting for my retirement this year, I will then move away where people have pride in their town, are disciplined and respectful.
One goes to Sun Coast and this is what you see : Filth, people fast asleep on beach chairs under the umbrellas, using it as a hotel!! while tax payers like us whp want to use it as recreation have no umbrella to sit under!!! The best is when someone gets there early to get a spot under the umbrella and only use some of the shade, a group of intrusive people come and plunk themselves right under your umbrella without asking?????!!!!! My mind boggles. Funny though, they only do that to old people or women that are vulnerable. They tried that with me once, but quickly regretted when my husband quickly arrived! Yes some will say I am racist when in fact I am stating facts. I do not discriminate at all, actually have lovely friends and even family of other races. Where I discriminate is when people think because of their colour they can intrude in my life, my space, be abusive, disrespectful and filthy which affects my life and that of my families. I could tell stories of certain neighbours, one even cut the seal of a fire-hose to wash his car. Bring it to the attention of the Body Corporate, and straight away the race issue comes up????

Read Bellow Article Dated November 2008

Dirty Durban exhibition captures filth

November 10 2008 at 09:09am 

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By Sinegugu Ndlovu

Durban is filthy and will not be cleaned in time for the 2010 soccer World Cup, which has a "green policy".

This is according to concerned local artist Jenny Cullinan, who on Sunday held the Dirty Durban exhibition at the Durban Botanic Gardens.

The exhibition featured pictures of dirty places around the city taken by Cullinan and members of the public.

The areas included the beachfront, Durban University of Technology's Steve Biko Campus, Mahatma Gandhi (Point) Road, Wilson's Wharf and the Msinsi nature reserve.

Cullinan said the pictures were taken after the recent Durban Solid Waste strike had ended. She said the exhibition was intended to indicate that everyone should take responsibility for the city's cleanliness.

Block Of Flats At Victoria Embankment

"The city is filthy and we can't blame Durban Solid Waste for the mess. Durban has a reputation for being dirty, and people in Johannesburg and Cape Town are talking about it.

We won't manage to clean up for 2010. It has a green policy and Durban has no beautification bylaws," she said.

Cullinan said the eThekwini Municipality was not to blame and was battling with the problem.

"What's gone wrong, because Durban was once a clean city? I was taught not to litter when I was growing up.

Smashing bottles is some sort of expression and I don't know why. We need to enforce beautification bylaws.

Cape Town is doing it," she said.

Another Derelict Inhabited Buiding

http://iluvsa.blogspot.com/2009/02/durban-now-is-filthy-dirty-squatter.html