Durban could've been South Africa's Miami.
I visited Miami & it's a spruced up version of Durban: Art-deco buildings, clean beaches, clubs, bars, culture.
The eThekwini Municipality lacks the imagination & competence to transform Durban into a
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tourist hotspot. Sad, right?
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@suntoshpillay
Don't be a hater. Durban is one of the best cities in the world, at least according to Kaunda.
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@African_Spring
I often wonder if our mayor walks around the city like a regular person just to experience it from the ground.
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@suntoshpillay
Miami meets Tel Aviv- It’s oozing potential. It only gets there if people vote with the future in mind.
The youth can sway the vote, they just need to vote 🗳️
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@suntoshpillay
The complete lack of vision in the ANC is shocking to say the least. All they care about is lining up their pockets. They are failing on basic infrastructure maintenance.
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@suntoshpillay
I totally agree with you, but developers are needed and that requires capital. Do we have?
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@Thornbackforeva
Chinese investment at the Point Waterfront has turned that place around. Tons more to be done there but it went from a no-go zone to a trendy hotspot now.
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@suntoshpillay
You forgot the drug money from the 80s cocaine boom that fuelled a lot of development of Miami. Cocaine revenue was heavily invested in real estate during the Escobar era
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@Rogal_Dhorn
One factor. But it takes a lot more than drug money to *sustain* a city like Miami and *keep* it as an international destination of choice.
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@suntoshpillay
Let’s be honest, Ballito and Umhlanga are thriving and abuzz. Is only Durban central which is being allowed to rot. One wonders why? What is the agenda?
@CyrilRamaphosa
do we not pay taxes? What’s actually going on here?
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@suntoshpillay
The municipality and the construction mafia want their cut in every project, so nothing develops. The whole beachfront should have cafes along the promenade and even on the sand.
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@Sumi_Maya
Shocking how limited the choices of cafés and restaurants are on the so-called Golden Mile.
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@suntoshpillay
Lets say you find a developer, foreign to invest $2billion. They cant, RSA is at junk status. No foreign invesment allowed. Then its the process of getting plan approval 2 years min- electricity department has no budget to upgrade network. Ethekwini has not planned growth
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@suntoshpillay
Well narrated. This is the price one pays for having the least qualified in the municipality structures.
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@MthokoN83901972
Indeed, we must blame human resource departments for not taking their jobs seriously. They fill posts without applying their minds.
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