Durban Is Collapsing!

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  • čas přidán 12. 12. 2022
  • As filmmakers that live in Durban, we documented the collapse of our home town. In a three part mini episode titled - Durban Is Collapsing.
    Filmed from 17th November - 2nd December 2022.
    In collaboration with The Litterboom Project.
    This is the full version.
    As the province slides into a state of disrepair,
    with thousands of litres of raw sewage running into our oceans and rivers, making our people sick. The state of our beaches filthy and litter strewn.
    The municipality’s and governance of KZN have failed us.
    With special thanks to all the contributors and people, who continue to expose the truth and fight for the preservation and believe in the potential of #OurDurban
    Bruce Buttery - Camera / Editor
    Tarryn Buttery - Producer/ Director
    Erin Lionette - Assistant Editor
    Guy Buttery - Music
    Cameron Service - The Litterboom Project
    Josh Redman - The Litterboom Project
    Casey Pratt
    Desmond D’Sa - Activist - South Durban community environmental Alliance
    Peter Graham - Community Upliftment and water purification specialist
    Zwakele Ngqondongqondo - Action SA
    Rishy Ganas - Community leader
    Mark Woods - Kind Durban resident
    Surprise - Surfer
    Panga Films - www.panga.co.za

Komentáře • 2,4K

  • @hedgewitchtarot
    @hedgewitchtarot Před rokem +1231

    The whole of South Africa is collapsing.

  • @malkwinter8998
    @malkwinter8998 Před rokem +41

    It will never be fixed, this is perfectly normal for an African country.

  • @Tulipman1
    @Tulipman1 Před rokem +23

    Welcome to Zimbabwe, we've been expecting you!

  • @KillingItForYears
    @KillingItForYears Před rokem +60

    This is the “radical transformation” the ANC promised us.

  • @wendymckenzie9868
    @wendymckenzie9868 Před rokem +696

    As a citizen of Durban , this has been unbearable to watch and it is high time that we take a stand against our municipality who is blatantly failing our city!!

    • @martinmbokazi8372
      @martinmbokazi8372 Před rokem +22

      Agree. And yet they charge us so much money in Municipal rates

    • @jasondaniels640
      @jasondaniels640 Před rokem +18

      The ppl of Durban don't care much either. I've seen way too many ppl such their head in the sand. It's sad.

    • @Ashely.19
      @Ashely.19 Před rokem +5

      I agree

    • @kathrynarmstrong8441
      @kathrynarmstrong8441 Před rokem +13

      The city cleaned up in 2010 to host the fifa World Cup so they need to do the same now. Use that same money to clean up. We don’t even have to build stadiums. 😢

    • @martinmbokazi8372
      @martinmbokazi8372 Před rokem +4

      @@kathrynarmstrong8441 Well said

  • @Pir8Gaming361
    @Pir8Gaming361 Před rokem +75

    Welcome to South Africa. It's not just happening in Durban. It's happening all over South Africa.

    • @Tony605
      @Tony605 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Visit Cape Town.

  • @user-yf7ul5ue6t
    @user-yf7ul5ue6t Před 4 měsíci +8

    Its totally unacceptable and disgusting. The ANC will chase away investment and our beautiful Durban is totally under threat due to this incompetent ANC.

  • @vancecrow3909
    @vancecrow3909 Před rokem +23

    Great effort, team!! We live in a little Midlands town in KZN, and we're currently fighting against the apathy of indifference and corruption. The surprising thing is since the roits of 2021, we've become far closer knit community (read into that a none BEE compliant community). Today, our little village is united across race barriers and is far more confident to take on the various guieses of our failed government. We're winning small, almost insignificant victories every month (wish it was every week), but we're making an impact. My point is you guys are legends don't give up the good fight.

  • @willem7399
    @willem7399 Před rokem +283

    There is only one solution: Get rid of the ANC. Stop paying tax until they leave.

    • @jasonlakin1971
      @jasonlakin1971 Před rokem +18

      It's an idea. A mobilisation of this sort is a plan boycott the government. March to parliament lock them inside

    • @roysingh1345
      @roysingh1345 Před rokem

      The $#!T started the day Mandela was released from prison. That may be a hard fact to swallow, but what we're seeing now is a culmination of years and years of dysfunctionality and destruction created by this looting ANC DIRTBAGS, ever since they came to power.

    • @martintheunissen7847
      @martintheunissen7847 Před rokem +11

      Go back to 1992, and ask who was allowed to vote in that referendum, and what did they vote? What we see now is the fault of the ruling party then. Nobody can ever say they weren't warned what would happen.

    • @sve5543
      @sve5543 Před rokem +4

      @@martintheunissen7847that vote was to end apartheid, so you would rather apartheid still existed ..disgusting

    • @Bee-dp3st
      @Bee-dp3st Před rokem +3

      @@sve5543 He’s saying that because he and his lovely family were never affected by apartheid because of their pale skin. So for them is easy to spew nonsense

  • @diannamoss4900
    @diannamoss4900 Před rokem +362

    My heart breaks as a 72 year old citizen of KZN. Not only for our province but for our country.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem +12

      Yes, and it keeps getting worse both because of those in power and because of everyone who still doesn’t use their hearts and brains and acts like any others exist for them and nothing is their own doing

    • @tshidimatshidiso3285
      @tshidimatshidiso3285 Před rokem

      Let us take African national corruption out of power

    • @razeyabanu2790
      @razeyabanu2790 Před rokem +1

      Atleast you live in times where it was good ma but sad you had to see this day

    • @etvscandalfanpage2011
      @etvscandalfanpage2011 Před rokem

      @Razeya Banu when was it ever good?

    • @musazwane6049
      @musazwane6049 Před rokem +3

      @@etvscandalfanpage2011 before "democracy"🙄

  • @robertsmit3705
    @robertsmit3705 Před rokem +11

    I lived there from 1972-1976 and loved the clean city and its fantastic beaches, so sad to see it now.

  • @CATMAN447
    @CATMAN447 Před rokem +15

    What is happening to all the money that people are paying on rates and taxes??? This needs to start at the very top! Our family used to go twice a year to Durban for school vacations...we looked so forward to it...the Rickshaw pullers, the beautiful hotels...my first memory of Durban is in June of 1959, playing in the beautiful ⛱ sand
    We haven't been back since 2011 and that is so sad 😞

  • @thembazincume6652
    @thembazincume6652 Před rokem +166

    ANC ruined Durban...

    • @musasabelo2192
      @musasabelo2192 Před rokem +33

      ANC ruined everything even our lives are ruined!!

    • @moerer57
      @moerer57 Před rokem +32

      ANC ruined everything in this once beautiful country 😥

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem

      And everyone who doesn’t use their hearts and brains and still consumes nonhuman animal products in any way.

    • @Bunduki
      @Bunduki Před rokem

      ANC ruined S Africa!

    • @johnnylima9632
      @johnnylima9632 Před rokem

      ANC ruined South Africa

  • @seenechetty3669
    @seenechetty3669 Před rokem +83

    Corruption and incompetence needs to be solved first.

    • @squattakamper7045
      @squattakamper7045 Před rokem +11

      The solution is simple... don't vote a&c.

    • @rosainecalmeyer4428
      @rosainecalmeyer4428 Před rokem +1

      Well we’ve been waiting since 1994 for that to happen. Corruption and incompetence is now so entrenched it’s not going to change. And as for asking for transparency Laugh out Loud; why would the ruling party show the citizens how their money is spent? They don’t care

    • @khumalo6619
      @khumalo6619 Před rokem +1

      @@squattakamper7045 sad thing is people are still going to vote for them

  • @phelelanimkhize4522
    @phelelanimkhize4522 Před rokem +16

    Born and Bred in Durban - this is heartbreaking man

  • @noxy3409
    @noxy3409 Před rokem +7

    I wish you could also show the slum that is Durban central. I always wonder how rhe gvt don't see this decay.or don't they care anymore. It is so heartbreaking to watch our once great city smell like shyt, riddled by crime, businesses falling apart including mine. Great doccie guys

  • @milliepop3994
    @milliepop3994 Před rokem +153

    I used to holiday in Durban since I was 3. I’m 25 now and the deterioration of Durban; I am shocked. It is actually heartbreaking.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem +2

      Are you vegan and an activist then?
      Either way it’s not shocking, and tragically nothing new either, and it is,, keep getting worse if more people don’t start using their hearts and brains and become vegan and do something about those people in power.

    • @bonganiali3686
      @bonganiali3686 Před rokem +7

      Thina we older the whole of south Africa was beautiful back in the 90s before ANC took over!

    • @weirdmatter
      @weirdmatter Před rokem +4

      We have to take better care of mother earth! Trash is a bigger problem than carbon emissions.

    • @weirdmatter
      @weirdmatter Před rokem

      @@Cassxowary Fertilizer and pesticides are used to grow vegetables you know! It's going to take far more than that to change the problem, there's 8 billion people here. It's really getting close to a cull of the human population 😕. You first 😆

    • @rue3816
      @rue3816 Před rokem +2

      I live in Durban. The way this video portrays in highly exaggerated. Durban promenade is still a lovely place to go, my family and I go cycling there every weekend and we love it. Yes, the water is not great, but that is to be expected after major (and I mean major) flood a few months ago that destroyed all infrastructure. Yes, it should have been repaired by now, I agree, but Durban is stills lovely place to go.

  • @roseseeger
    @roseseeger Před rokem +13

    Not just Durban, but everything!!!

  • @nateo1589
    @nateo1589 Před rokem +4

    Thanks so much bro. Your videos are so helpful. Really appreciate ya

  • @hansanaicker5015
    @hansanaicker5015 Před rokem +47

    ANC turns Gold in to Rust Dust 😭😭❤️🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

  • @gillb9733
    @gillb9733 Před rokem +196

    All property rates should be paid to a publically (not politically) elected Infrastructure Maintenance Authority, who can individually be held accountable for their successes or failures 💔

    • @modsa8901
      @modsa8901 Před rokem +9

      Only ONE solution. The PEOPLE have to take back the POWER. Dismantle bureaucracy (Government, Municipalities) brick by brick

    • @frikkieramabolo172
      @frikkieramabolo172 Před rokem

      And still keep the Current government in power?

    • @gretatillett1100
      @gretatillett1100 Před rokem +3

      Indeed yes. The situation is shameful and the municipal fat cats should be held to account for this.
      I have lived in Durban for nearly 60 years and in all that time nothing as deplorable and disgusting as this has ever happened before. Shame on you municipality. You personally should be made to clean up your mess, literally. We pay you for nothing less than a proper good days work. If you had, none of this would be happening.

    • @GaryLaaks1
      @GaryLaaks1 Před rokem

      The mountain Village Hogsback did so years ago. Nearby city of Alice (once a beautiful thriving town) went to court to try and grab that money. Still dragging on.

    • @rubylane9867
      @rubylane9867 Před rokem +5

      The citizens need to take responsibility to pay rates , help clean the beaches , rivers and stop littering and polluting the environment. The municipality need to do their job fix the infrastructure. Politicians to stop corruption putting money in their pockets. Otherwise those in power position who do not do their jobs should be forced to resign.

  • @CoachJurieW
    @CoachJurieW Před rokem +5

    Great informative video! As an avid patriot of our beautiful country! I really hope these issues will be fixed soon! It is so important that we as South African citizens should take responsibility for our environments.

  • @dannyarcher6370
    @dannyarcher6370 Před rokem +9

    I grew up in Durbs and the Midlands in the 80s and 90s. Durbs was the Miami of Africa. Paradise on earth.
    One Man, One Vote was a mistake.

  • @herbertholze6652
    @herbertholze6652 Před rokem +92

    Over the years as a Tour Guide in southern Africa, I've seen no other City which declined like Durban in the past 10 years only. And now it seems a little too late to fix it. Sad country we live in.

    • @devennaidoo9690
      @devennaidoo9690 Před rokem

      Don't fight set up a bank account and pay a company who can fix the problem and stop paying the municipality. Because they ca not provide a service.

    • @Decypha77
      @Decypha77 Před rokem

      Unbelievable!

    • @Will-nb8qk
      @Will-nb8qk Před rokem +1

      The world is collapsing. Inflation is through the roof.

    • @foreignwarren7361
      @foreignwarren7361 Před rokem

      @@Will-nb8qk we doing just fine thanks

  • @vicsosZA
    @vicsosZA Před rokem +60

    Durban will not be fixed while the ANC are in power there.

    • @modsa8901
      @modsa8901 Před rokem +4

      Only ONE solution. The PEOPLE have to take back the POWER. Dismantle bureaucracy (Government, Municipalities) brick by brick

  • @altustalent410
    @altustalent410 Před rokem +13

    This is a good message but let's take time to comment on the great editing and the shots taken of this film. The manner in which the shots are organised with the information and how masterfully it's all been intercut.

  • @peterkilroe-daley6613
    @peterkilroe-daley6613 Před rokem +6

    Deeply saddening video to watch… but on that note this is an amazing channel! 👀 Can’t believe the ‘Professional’ videography and editing!

  • @Jane-dq7on
    @Jane-dq7on Před rokem +25

    Lack of maintenance due to corruption. Those responsible for management of affairs don't care. Well done ANC.

  • @thokozanimkhize7617
    @thokozanimkhize7617 Před rokem +100

    Besides the depressing subject matter, this is really good cinematography👌🏾

  • @anhonestlife380
    @anhonestlife380 Před rokem +9

    Its exhausting to fight when the bulk of people are not fighting

  • @vin23rd
    @vin23rd Před rokem +7

    I visited durban in November and was so sad to c the neglect along the beachfront, I travelled from ireland and had 2 previous trips to this fascinating land so I sincerely hope the government gets their act together

    • @robert3987
      @robert3987 Před rokem

      Don't hold your breath.

    • @shadowbanned5164
      @shadowbanned5164 Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah not gonna happen bro in a couple of years they will look back on this video and pine for the condition of the beaches shown here.

  • @Gerrard_b
    @Gerrard_b Před rokem +188

    It's sad because everything the new govt has taken over has steadily deteriorated . I greave for our once beautiful cities 😢

    • @Bee-dp3st
      @Bee-dp3st Před rokem

      What’s the point there are white people behind those people we call useless. They are puppets/ a front.

    • @Gerrard_b
      @Gerrard_b Před rokem +11

      @@Bee-dp3st The rate payers of durbs desperately need an alternative to the governing system of our municipality , our citizens can't continue to give our money to these people ! It's just not working for us , we need desperately for something to change ...

    • @gretatillett1100
      @gretatillett1100 Před rokem +15

      @@Gerrard_b Your idea is admirable but you do realise they have the power. You will either be without power, water, your home or all of it could be removed if you don't pay up. That is the problem. There are too many people who don't care what happens to the city and will still vote for them, despite the fact they don't have any decent medical, school, electricity, water or housing services, but they blindly vote for the ruling party.

    • @RoelienC100
      @RoelienC100 Před rokem

      @@gretatillett1100 spot on, when people keep voting for corrupt and incompetence individuals sadly that is what you get!!!

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem +1

      That and nonhuman animal products production and consumption causing that too wena...

  • @HeidiGibsonHMG
    @HeidiGibsonHMG Před rokem +158

    please please continue to share and expose - most people know nothing
    and we need this to go viral

    • @Yusuf-my5qo
      @Yusuf-my5qo Před rokem +7

      Let the world know about this anc mess in this country.

    • @alisonjohnson9437
      @alisonjohnson9437 Před rokem +3

      Sharing...this is awful 😖

    • @anettetruter8863
      @anettetruter8863 Před rokem

      We need to stop polluting, not for this to go viral, unless you want to share as a wake up call for every subject to take individual responsibility AND RECONSIDER THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

    • @onlypremiumlife
      @onlypremiumlife Před rokem +3

      @@Yusuf-my5qo
      The world knows this country is in a mess that's why we don't get any foreign investment.

    • @reatile
      @reatile Před rokem +3

      Everyone is too focused on glossy Umhlanga 😆

  • @lipreader411
    @lipreader411 Před rokem +7

    This makes me sad to see how it’s deteriorating! SA had some of the best beaches in the world. I grew up in Durban I live in the US now, man I’m devastated! I hope you guys and pull it together before it’s 2 late.

  • @Cam_made_Tee
    @Cam_made_Tee Před rokem +3

    That time people are paying taxes, electricity, water etc. You get arrested and held accountable if you don’t but they aren’t held accountable when it’s time to play their part and the truth is even going to court won’t work…the court itself is a for profit company that is not meant to help “people.” The youth gets affected too because this is where they can come together and be in a safe space, creatives can’t create and people can’t make money. It’s a whole movie at this point

  • @mahomedrafik6908
    @mahomedrafik6908 Před rokem +132

    Action S.A.You need to mobilise the people of Durban to march to City Hall. We are paying rates and for services .Where is the money going.

    • @antonjoubert6980
      @antonjoubert6980 Před rokem +10

      The people of Durban needs to speak with their votes, this adhoc trying to fix things as they fail should be a fing embarrassment for the gov!

    • @safiakhan8498
      @safiakhan8498 Před rokem +8

      Not only are we paying exorbitant rates, we are paying very high rates for water services and also SEWAGE!
      I would like to know where all that money is going if not one single thing gets fixed!?

    • @robertschweppenhauser9891
      @robertschweppenhauser9891 Před rokem +13

      The ANC are getting rich on your rates and taxes money start kicking thier arses .

    • @Yusuf-my5qo
      @Yusuf-my5qo Před rokem

      Anc members have stolen all the funds allocated for the city

    • @lou-hellenphiri-eggers5299
      @lou-hellenphiri-eggers5299 Před rokem +5

      Personal security and pocket money to the mayor...

  • @phutipatience4505
    @phutipatience4505 Před rokem +67

    The problem is also not prioritizing maintenance of what we already have

    • @martinmgaga5035
      @martinmgaga5035 Před rokem +12

      Do they have a clue what is MAINTENANCE, the current " rookie" political leaders have no clue, concept about Municipal Politics & Administration. These politicians/administrators of today all what they know is to occupy public office and generate money for themselves and friends. Millions or Billions of public money is not for service delivery, but is for their friends to become rich/millionaires, smoke cigars, expensive trips to overseas. Go out there and audit all municipal projects, completed/not completed, you'll shocked about what they have charged.
      A project of R200 million will be completed with R50 million, R150 MILLION squandered/looted. There is disaster funds in government, even foreign countries are contributing to it. Durban qualified to that fund. But how much was collected/allocated. Durban beeches are not closed for CONSTRUCTION. They are closed because it is not environmental safe to be there. Durban Municipality Politicians/Project managers are nowhere to be found, they're THUMB SUCKING.
      Cape Town municipality has a vision. What's Durban future development, 5yrs, 10yrs vision?. NONE. Municipal managers, Financial managers, Planners etc. are dreaming about how they can register contractors to provide scam services to Durban Municipality, POLITICAL/ FINANCIAL HYENAS ON THE LOOSE

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem +1

      And not prioritising what’s most important, nature and the planet and all life on her

  • @6ftS
    @6ftS Před rokem +4

    Brilliant Production. subbed and cant wait for your next video

  • @user-ww6ii6zn8m
    @user-ww6ii6zn8m Před 2 měsíci +9

    South Africa was better under Apartheid.

  • @hanakratochvil1210
    @hanakratochvil1210 Před rokem +8

    We left SA in 77 and Durban did have beautiful and clean beaches.Then I watched video of Durban and was horrified of human pollution of ocean and beaches.😢

  • @endofunk2174
    @endofunk2174 Před rokem +125

    The joke is that Mandela said to FW de Klerk on SABC in 1993 that the days of the gravy train are over...
    ...and the voters still vote as if that was true.

    • @smanqele
      @smanqele Před rokem +26

      He was right about the National Party gravy train of course, but had too much faith in the ANC movement to be moral and just. By 1998 he realised the true nature of the monsters he's leading and decided he's too old for this ish

    • @toast2610
      @toast2610 Před rokem

      The gravy train started when the British took everything. But of course "gravy train" and "state capture" and "corruption" can never be connected to Empires who got there by trading in slaves. No, they are still held up as the solution!

    • @zafrullabadrudin8526
      @zafrullabadrudin8526 Před rokem +12

      100 percent it's no more gravey train , it's now the gravy plane.

    • @clintonjacobson3282
      @clintonjacobson3282 Před rokem +5

      I agree that if we all stand together we can fix the problem. However we all pay rates and taxes that is put aside for this type of maintenance to be done all year round.
      Possibly need to start there and make the people accountable how are not doing what they were employed for.

    • @spacemuis
      @spacemuis Před rokem

      Commie lies.....

  • @nazirramguthee6568
    @nazirramguthee6568 Před rokem +69

    So sad to see my hometown which was once so beautiful decaying into slum.

    • @phylvalen9991
      @phylvalen9991 Před rokem +1

      Problem is the leading party is quite happy to see the whole South Africa become a slum

    • @laetitiagreyvenstein1035
      @laetitiagreyvenstein1035 Před rokem

      South Africa has become a slum. Thanks to ANC.
      THAT'S WHO THE ENEMY IS

  • @sisinxumalo5043
    @sisinxumalo5043 Před rokem +1

    Well done to these individuals, really inspiring and makes me so proud! As everyone says, we the people can come together and make a change!!!

  • @nataliaregina3094
    @nataliaregina3094 Před rokem

    Comment for the algorithm!! Thank you for the upload and awareness!!

  • @thobanibilly-nelson2115
    @thobanibilly-nelson2115 Před rokem +47

    if you volunteer they will fight you but if you wait for them you won't see any difference...... our government has failed us dismally and i've never seen any country losing it value this fast

  • @MsAdela1111
    @MsAdela1111 Před rokem +248

    Nice to say that the community must come together to fix this, so we need to dig deeper into our pockets and still pay rates and taxes for the government to sit back and enjoy watching us do their jobs. We need to come to an agreement to use our rates and taxes to pay contractors thats screened and passed by an independent company to fix up the infrastructure and then vote in our own maintenance team to upkeep it.

    • @modsa8901
      @modsa8901 Před rokem +24

      Only ONE solution. The PEOPLE have to take back the POWER. Dismantle bureaucracy (Government, Municipalities) brick by brick

    • @coronasboringdothething54
      @coronasboringdothething54 Před rokem +18

      Gotta start with not funding your abuser, I identify as tax exempt. 😉

    • @nicolenepike7571
      @nicolenepike7571 Před rokem

      All the fatcats have Mercs, BMW's, palaces and loaded purses now and the country is falling apart. There is absolutely nothing that this ANC government can pat themselves on the back for as the reality is that the entire country's citizen that are not part of this current regime, are suffering terribly under their rule. Time to take back our future as these people are flushing it down the toilet!!!

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem +2

      That and use your hearts and brains and go vegan...

    • @mornecombrinck5739
      @mornecombrinck5739 Před rokem +5

      Absolutely, dry up the supply, but I can't see that happening. People stand together when there is fear being promulgated (lockdown as a case study). People in general will not stop paying taxes because they fear the repercussions more than the decay. It's an individual act which requires a leader before it can become viable. Withholding taxes is frowned upon by good meaning people even if the beneficiaries are corrupt.

  • @traviswilkinson5069
    @traviswilkinson5069 Před rokem +1

    i want this video to go even more viral great work guys

  • @kurtdixon4700
    @kurtdixon4700 Před rokem +2

    Great job Panga Films! Please bring more content country wide.

  • @dirkieweiss5837
    @dirkieweiss5837 Před rokem +261

    As shocking as it is the people will vote for the same people because they were handed a parcel of food that last for a short while and the vicious circle goes on and on.

    • @Slayer-kx5fz
      @Slayer-kx5fz Před rokem

      Relax ANC is definitely and finally going in 2024. I haven't heard people supporting anything ANC. Which hasn't been the case in the past. Even the parcel recipients are saying, "ANC thinks their fools." Their done!! But can the opposition get it together and stop being little children? That we will have to see.

    • @shakabarkertours6532
      @shakabarkertours6532 Před rokem +19

      South Africans should start voting for progress, NOT change, change does nothing, progress works! But responsibility comes with progress

    • @Jay-rd3hn
      @Jay-rd3hn Před rokem +1

      I wouldn’t vote 🗳️ for any other party especially DA because white people in south South Africa 🇿🇦 don’t want to work together with black South Africans. Apartheid has divided us as South Africans and still during Nelson Mandela administration whites never listened to Mandela for us to come together. Municipality will not perform as long as blacks and whites are not working together.

    • @ivanmynhardt
      @ivanmynhardt Před rokem +9

      @@shakabarkertours6532 fcking well said

    • @toast2610
      @toast2610 Před rokem +7

      Voting brought this about. Before SA became British it did not look like this.

  • @ndumisonxumalo4616
    @ndumisonxumalo4616 Před rokem +29

    I've lived in KZN for 25 years seeing this happening it's a downfall from our government

  • @mikewho9964
    @mikewho9964 Před 5 měsíci

    How sad - i hope you get the community on your side - if everyone is on the same team it can work

  • @iantroup
    @iantroup Před 2 měsíci

    I am shocked & frankly horrified at what has become of the city I called home for 14 years or so. I now live in the UK, but I tell people here how beautiful Durban is (or was) & how much I miss it. My children were born here & would love to visit but we are told by friends that the city isn’t safe enough to come out for a holiday. My parents brought me here in 1976 & are now buried here. The memories of this beautiful city are fortunately safely in my head. God bless all Durbanites I hope that one day the city Fathers mange to turn this place around & make it a great place to live once again. God bless Durban.

  • @kathyohara6658
    @kathyohara6658 Před rokem +46

    This was the major tourist destination because of the sunny warm weather.......just 30 years ago. Very sad to see the decay and neglect throughout this once first world standard country.

    • @luxiemaharaj7263
      @luxiemaharaj7263 Před rokem +6

      Should change the name Durban to DIRTBIN

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem

      Yes, well, that’s who’s currently in power as well as the production and consumption of nonhuman animal products...

    • @zamokwakheshezi6798
      @zamokwakheshezi6798 Před rokem

      @@luxiemaharaj7263 😂😂😂😂

  • @llewellynlombard7428
    @llewellynlombard7428 Před rokem +123

    It is really sad, being an ex-Durbanite seeing what has happened to a city where I as a young man who used to enjoy, freedom, and entertainment during the early seventies. Then there was order and respect for the environment and surroundings. Durban was Durban, unfortunately, the country has fallen into wasted rule, mismanagement and the excuses that are tabled are just appalling. You cannot get weaker than this. It stinks.

    • @alternativeview99
      @alternativeview99 Před rokem +5

      you mean during Apartheid.....

    • @shelleystegen5767
      @shelleystegen5767 Před rokem +4

      Its heartbreaking so see whats happening!!

    • @Predikant
      @Predikant Před rokem +13

      @@alternativeview99 yes, when life was better for all!

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem

      Yes, no more respect for anyone or anything, especially those victimised, which destroys not only self but causes this and the worst and s,ow ending to all life on is planet and the planet herself...

    • @romeo809
      @romeo809 Před rokem

      @Alternative View hey country was in a better state. Just 30 years of rule from the Anc and all gone to shit. Look at Africa show me one black leader in Africa that can actually run a country successfully , none. Every black leader is corrupt and is easily bought over. Qadaffi was the only black successful leader mined you he was an Arab. He never begged or took anything from the west he refused to be bought over.

  • @Heinstein69
    @Heinstein69 Před rokem +1

    The whole of South Africa is sadly collapsing, and is becoming like Zimbabwe very fast. We need to standup as a Nation against corruption and the self-serving government behind it.

  • @jungbolosse3034
    @jungbolosse3034 Před rokem +2

    And when you go to court to sue the municipality, in the end who pays for the lawyers and the fines? the citizens who go to court.

  • @LaWay44
    @LaWay44 Před rokem +43

    ANC! Since ANC lost Umhlathuze LM/Richards Bay, we can see improvement a bit by bit. Bay Hall and Pool in MeerEnSee have totally become disfunctional.
    Durban is a mess, ANC doesn't even see or acknowledge the mess they are causing.
    At the beach, why do they close the public toilets at 5:30pm while there are thousand of people/visitors still enjoying the shore? The public toilet should not be closed especially during the feastive or close around 11pm. People end up using the bush at the beach to release themselves.

    • @jayntim1
      @jayntim1 Před rokem +4

      Good question indeed. Closing toilets at 5.30pm, but people are still around. Amazing

    • @Lulu-wv1nt
      @Lulu-wv1nt Před rokem +5

      It should closed late out of season.
      However holiday season it should be 24 hours.
      With more cleaners and security.
      Why they don't think like us normal people is beyond me

    • @lumokindz8600
      @lumokindz8600 Před rokem +2

      100% true, yes obviously IFP will not be able to fix decades worth of destruction in 1 year. But so far they are bringing about visible change

    • @anettetruter8863
      @anettetruter8863 Před rokem

      @@Lulu-wv1nt Thank God Lulu they don't think like "normal" people who mess and are the real cause of the problem and expect other humans to be "cleaners". ANC does not cr@p on the beach. It's "normal" people, who mess and expects others to clean up their mess. Why did we in the first place decide to dump our toxic waste in a medium, out of our sight, but endangering the very environment of sealife, which we also harvest to further stuff our pie holes? We eat our own cr@p in the form of fish, whose lives we threaten by our own waste. Thank God I'm not "normal"

    • @anettetruter8863
      @anettetruter8863 Před rokem

      @@lumokindz8600 Like what Lumo? It is NOT the RESPONSIBILITY of ANY other human to clean behind you and the mess you make. Step up or step aside.

  • @JayOz1
    @JayOz1 Před rokem +32

    A well produced documentary. Thanks for creating content that we the people of South Africa need to be seeing. One can only start trying to make a difference when one's eyes has been opened and this film sure has opened mine. Durban can for sure be saved. If not by its goverment, then by its people.

  • @shannongramani3309
    @shannongramani3309 Před rokem +4

    I grew up on those beaches. Fishing with my dad, picnicking with family, campus lunch break bonnet bunny chows, you name it we were at the beach. Today for me to say I can't take my son there and share with him what my parents shared with me is truly sad and heart breaking. We need to fight to get back the beauty of our city and its beaches.

  • @mwroysan
    @mwroysan Před rokem +6

    It's sad to see my hometown in such a mess 😢

  • @samuelswanepoel7926
    @samuelswanepoel7926 Před rokem +54

    Strange that the people complaining is building houses next to rivers and throwing their papers everywhere.
    We need only to give responsible tax paying adults voting rights that are competent to make decisions.

  • @user-sf7og5ke7p
    @user-sf7og5ke7p Před rokem +47

    All this incompetency in SA is killing the goose that lays the golden egg!!!

  • @michaelboaden9778
    @michaelboaden9778 Před rokem +1

    As a child I visited Durban and Umhlanga. Those wonderful memories of the fantastic nature will stay with me for ever. What we are seeing here is a crime. A crime against nature and humanity. Those responsible (and being paid) for looking after the infrastructure and process should be held accountable - and then qualified people who truly care, installed to fix this dire situation.

  • @Banana52
    @Banana52 Před rokem +1

    Very well made video, highlighting that we can’t blame everything on politics, and that real change is done by the people not the politicians. The sooner we do this, the sooner things will change.

  • @phumlanindlovu5653
    @phumlanindlovu5653 Před rokem +20

    💔 Well said "IT SHOULD BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT" its not about RACE

  • @samogufonianrockstar7510
    @samogufonianrockstar7510 Před rokem +13

    The Destruction has covered the land and reached the ocean

  • @pgoodwill1978
    @pgoodwill1978 Před rokem +4

    Another outstanding ANC achievement.

  • @Sam-jp7um
    @Sam-jp7um Před 4 měsíci +1

    I spoke to my local councillor about this. It's worse than you can imagine he sys, even with new governance it will take 20 to 15 years to fix . He drew me a diagram which blew my mind!!

  • @jennifervenkatasamy3003
    @jennifervenkatasamy3003 Před rokem +25

    The country should be put into capable hands Durban was once a beautiful place to be

  • @kingTv69
    @kingTv69 Před rokem +16

    Thanks ANC

  • @mattbaldi9571
    @mattbaldi9571 Před rokem +1

    Awesome to create awareness guys .. good job … I hope this doesn’t fall on deaf ears and i hope to see a change …

  • @tonybenade6665
    @tonybenade6665 Před rokem

    Thank the ANC for this. This is a true reflection of the entire country & is their legacy...... but still the masses vote for them. You deserve what you choose

  • @nkulinkosi6831
    @nkulinkosi6831 Před rokem +5

    Not only Durban but the whole South Africa, tenders are given to people with no experience at all

  • @colleenelainemoodley7380
    @colleenelainemoodley7380 Před rokem +32

    Durban is fast becoming dilapidated...it's not just the beaches. The state of our CBD, roads and residential areas is shocking. Regular monitoring and maintenance will prevent many of our present challenges, however, nobody in the positions of authority seem to be invested in it's upkeep and people in positions of authority are not held accountable. We have some of the best beaches in our beautiful country. If we, the people, join forces to fix the problem (and I believe we will step up and deliver) we will be enabling the present malpractices to continue. It's sad that future generations may not be able to enjoy the beauty of our country unless the people in positions of authority care deeply enough to just do what is required of them. Nothing more, nothing less. It does not have to be this way. It can be turned around!

    • @nuray9077
      @nuray9077 Před rokem

      Free state is already dilapidated 😭

    • @pgprentice
      @pgprentice Před rokem

      The whole of SA is going down the toilet. Such a shame as it used to be a nice country.

    • @user-mx5zb7ik5r
      @user-mx5zb7ik5r Před 4 měsíci

      That's the ANC their own country is a mess nothing is right but the want to take on Israel for defending themselves what a big mistake every year there's between 25000 to 30000 murders in this country but they are worrying about Israel corruption rapes and and and 😢😢

  • @poison_corpse3140
    @poison_corpse3140 Před rokem

    Thank you ANC

  • @truesouth6532
    @truesouth6532 Před rokem +28

    It's the sadness in everyone's faces and voices for me 😔. I personally haven't been to Durban in 4 years but from the videos and pictures I've been seeing, I'm utterly disgusted. Sies Ethekwini municipality!!! 🤢you had one job, one easy job, to keep an already beautiful city beautiful, that's it. Durban doesn't need much by it's nature. A lot of work needs to be done and those corrupt scumbags need to be voted out!

  • @pietervanbreda4360
    @pietervanbreda4360 Před rokem +69

    What else did you expect ANC

    • @travelsouthafrica5048
      @travelsouthafrica5048 Před rokem

      not the anc , the culture czcams.com/video/Bi1K-0q5NOg/video.html

    • @modsa8901
      @modsa8901 Před rokem +6

      Only ONE solution. The PEOPLE have to take back the POWER. Dismantle bureaucracy (Government, Municipalities) brick by brick

  • @themarketplacenz
    @themarketplacenz Před 9 měsíci +1

    Lived in KZN for over 40 years. Just got too much for us. Immigrated and much happier. Just so sad to see this.

  • @OneHeartMission
    @OneHeartMission Před rokem +1

    Wow, amazing how this video is booming! 7 days ago I was subscriber number 532! Now there are over 1800 Subscribers! Well done Panga Films! I would love to meet up with you and grab a coffee sometime!

  • @antonvz19
    @antonvz19 Před rokem +8

    Thank you for creating this!
    Please keep posting as people take initiative and start addressing this.
    I salute all the honourable locals who step up to try and address this

  • @Livinginsatv
    @Livinginsatv Před rokem +28

    Great short documentary! Congratulations!

  • @ronfrielingsdorf3469
    @ronfrielingsdorf3469 Před rokem +9

    It is shocking to see what has become of this wonderful country.
    The politicians should be ashamed of themselves and step aside for capable and educated people to save south africa.

  • @RideExploreSA
    @RideExploreSA Před rokem +1

    Terribly sad. Share info on the public organizations where people can get more info and assist. Also agree in this video being subtitled to various other local languages.

  • @traceycogan3351
    @traceycogan3351 Před rokem +32

    Yes, the city is collapsing, and yes the municipality is being run so badly, but who is doing the littering? The people of Durban. Who breaks glass everywhere, and throws bones everywhere, and pees all over? The people who live in Durban. Who breaks the dustbins and dumps rubbish all over? The people of Durban, that’s who. Who throws so much litter into the rivers and storm water drains? Who leaves rubbish all over the beach? The people who live in Durban do this. People can play the blame game all they like, but it’s the people who live here who have absolutely no pride in their environment. Why must people pick up after you all the time? We can moan about the municipality and the waste of our tax payer money but that’s not going to take away from the fact that Durbanites are causing the filth. Yes the municipality must clean up and fix the infrastructure and sewerage issues, but people need to take responsibility for their actions and the cleanliness of our city. We all have to do our bit or it’s not going to get better. Vote better as well Durbanites. Do your bit to help keep Durban clean.

    • @kaybeeMoAfrika
      @kaybeeMoAfrika Před rokem

      Well said.

    • @keanulaw2792
      @keanulaw2792 Před rokem

      Very true everyone has had a hand in Durban's downfall and now it's time for everyone to a hand in its rise

    • @Girtharmstrong69
      @Girtharmstrong69 Před rokem

      I totally agree, I'm in Canada and the same thing is starting to happen here

    • @mamelisa.official
      @mamelisa.official Před rokem

      Yeerp

  • @leonvathian2314
    @leonvathian2314 Před rokem +14

    Sad to see this . Ex Durbanite also but this is happening all over S.A . It can only take all of us the people to put this right and stand together against this devastation of our beautiful country... The rot needs to go...

  • @TheDruzza
    @TheDruzza Před rokem

    I grew up on durban beachfront… surfing, jolling, basically lived on the piers all summer. Best memories ❤. I live in Aus now. Seeing this is horrible 😢

  • @muhammad-bin-american

    Man! What a beautiful place. Come on Durban. Take care of this place. Never being in SA but this looks really cool.

  • @TheRadRingo
    @TheRadRingo Před rokem +58

    So sad, RIP Durban.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem

      No, not yet at least, it’ll get better though

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před rokem

      Once more use their hearts and brains

  • @JayOz1
    @JayOz1 Před rokem +24

    Please add CC/ Subtitles in isiZulu so that this video can reach a wider audience.

    • @vistrextkans3170
      @vistrextkans3170 Před rokem

      I believe half the population would still be unable. Thanks to the government and how they run education

  • @craigbarrett2278
    @craigbarrett2278 Před rokem +2

    As an ex Durbanite, now in Australia this is sad to see. Unfortunately, corruption around the world is leading mankind down this path......but the powers that be are quick to judge us in their 'elevated' place....

  • @langamaphumulo5009
    @langamaphumulo5009 Před rokem +3

    I wish we could take politics out of this situation but we can't! It's a crying shame what politics is doing not only to Kzn but throughout South Africa.My South African citizens we need to stand up and get back to the struggle! We have been sitting down way too long,things will never change if we don't stand up and fight.So stand up and mobilize my fellow people!

  • @kit3662
    @kit3662 Před rokem +6

    We moved down to Margate, South Coast and it's much different here. Beaches are clean and beautiful. The community come together to make it beautiful. A beautiful team called Tidy Towns have helped make our beaches spectacular. I hope Durban North will do the same...

  • @kzn3602
    @kzn3602 Před rokem +13

    The Mayor needs to be disciplined

  • @eddisonmhlongo4535
    @eddisonmhlongo4535 Před rokem +1

    Great job by filmmakers. The whole of South Africa , where ANC rules is like this .I often ask my circle of friends why we all rush to Cape Town for holidays . Its because it is well run , politics aside . You cannot say the same about other provinces including our kzn. I will join anytime when immediate action is sought .

  • @jodie-raymotala6986
    @jodie-raymotala6986 Před rokem +2

    Love the cinematography, inspired.

  • @pranavramraj5141
    @pranavramraj5141 Před rokem +15

    Great documentary! Showcasing the terrible situation of a once great and fun filled city

  • @nic9824
    @nic9824 Před rokem +16

    I haven't been to Durban for a very long time and had to return there briefly recently and noticed lots of street name changes. I agree 100%. Those old gentleman that build that proud city should no longer be associated with it as it is now. I can suggest a few more appropriate street names more suitable to the Durban I saw recently. Sewerage Street, Pee-inn Lane, Rat Road, Hookers Highway, Prostitute Place, Feces Freeway, Cockroach Close, Beggars Boulevard, Stink Street, E-coli Avenue, Shit Street, Filth Freeway, Hobo Highway, Condom Close, Prostitute Parade, Drunkerts Drive, Whore's Highway, Urine odour street and many more.

    • @potatoCurry21
      @potatoCurry21 Před rokem +2

      😄😄😃😁😁😁😅🤣😂OMG..here I thought I was bad

    • @gitasingh7660
      @gitasingh7660 Před rokem +2

      With all the serious stuff going on...the doom and gloom in our once beautiful City...it's depressing....but I honestly like your sense of humor 🤣 😄 😆

    • @treasure5086
      @treasure5086 Před rokem

      OMG🤣🤣 someone misses apartheid, bruh 😂😂😂 well not shocked. 99% minds of You south Africans

    • @meenanaicker8999
      @meenanaicker8999 Před rokem

      It's not who built it. It's all about let's destroy it... changing a name does not change the mindset...hats off to those that appreciate good things and know how to look after it..

  • @johncheetham4607
    @johncheetham4607 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Same thing has happened to every single country in Africa. Things will never change.

  • @noodengr3three825
    @noodengr3three825 Před 2 měsíci

    I was in Durban in January 2020. I have traveled all over the world and i was the most uncomfortable in Durham of any place. It had nothing to do with polution. It was the cautions against crime that i got from EVERY local i interacted with. Actually the beach was one place my guide said i could go. Now i find out that even that was not safe. Durban needs to clean up environment AND crime.

  • @Chimmbeez
    @Chimmbeez Před rokem +33

    The government/ANC is to blame for this. It's not nice to point fingers but sadly the truth remains - something drastic needs to happen to fix Durban!

    • @Meisha-san
      @Meisha-san Před rokem +5

      We, the citizens are to blame for this.
      WE collectively gave up our sovereignty & discernment to these crooks. Before anything gets fixed; there needs to be acceptance of what WE were part of creating. Now, our ineffective actions are leading to our demise. The monster WE created is devouring us.

    • @cheynomdingi9596
      @cheynomdingi9596 Před rokem

      @@Meisha-san Whatever, the point is the ANC are ultimately response and they need to go. Wallowing in self pity is the most useless thing a person can do. It's exactly why we're still harping on about fucking van riebeck still. Grow up.

    • @Meisha-san
      @Meisha-san Před rokem

      @@cheynomdingi9596 Just how will they go? What's going to make them leave?
      I ask this politely & with respect. I'm happy to engage in a peer to peer conversation without condescending remarks. Be well.

    • @cheynomdingi9596
      @cheynomdingi9596 Před rokem

      @@Meisha-san The ANC will be chased out when Eskom finally fails. My comment was more responding to the use of the royal WE.

    • @Meisha-san
      @Meisha-san Před rokem

      @@cheynomdingi9596 Thank you for your polite response. I understand & respect your point of view.
      I have a differing opinion based on a number of sources researching the political climate in S.A. & around the world.
      The government, whether ANC or any other, doesn't have any authority except for what's granted by the global power brokers. This is why the U.S. has a senile geriatric at its helm, & the UK can't seem to make up their minds about leadership. In a similar manner, the world at large doesn't make sense because governments aren't controlling anything & don't represent any of their citizens.
      I wasn't using the royal "we", rather, I was purposefully using the collective "we"-the citizenry. Things will never fall in our favour - the departure of the ANC (however that happens) will simply see another selected willing tool take its place, & the agenda will continue. The next stage being an economic & social reset. All of the seemingly unrelated chaos & national collapse are exactly what's required to enter this next stage.
      One of the channels I follow on YT, is "00DEZZ." I'd be glad to recommend specific videos he has posted that give a clinical, evidence-supported explanation of what I touched upon.
      I'm in no way attempting to be the know-it-all. I'm sincerely seeking rational conversation outside my small group of decerning citizens. This is a huge subject that a single post can't begin to address.
      If you want to continue a polite conversation I'm more than willing to share why I believe as I do - using rational evidence that you can interrogate yourself. I also invite you to share things that you may feel I am missing.
      - Be well.