DEAR Editor,-
It is with great concern that I address this letter to the Herald and its readers. I am a resident on the beachfront in St Michael’s-on-Sea and want to compliment the town council and all concerned with the beachfront project. It looks stunning – just in time for all the holidaymakers who make their way here after a hard year at work and school.
We have watched this project progress from initiation to completion and the company doing the job has done it excellently, with no shortcuts and no costs spared and the reward is there for all to see – thank you!
The problem is the uncontrolled partying and trashing of the area, sometimes until 4am, with no regard for residents, who also happen to be the ratepayers who contributed towards the upgrade and made it possible.
After an all-night party last Saturday night, the brand-new tarmac is littered with broken bottles and it is heart-breaking to see. One can’t help wondering how long it will be before the area becomes another Port Shepstone.
The thumping music coming from the area, the drinking, shrieking and general raucous behaviour continues unabated until early morning hours. This should be classified as public disturbance, but the notice boards relating to these by-laws have been removed and were not replaced.
It’s the beginning of December – heaven help us over the festive period! There are no toilet facilities after 5pm either, so we have to put up with people doing their ablutions in the open. Why should we? Why is there no policing of the bylaws on the South Coast? I know there is in the Cape and more recently Durban as well … Doesn’t anybody care?
JILL
St Michaels
