"Tidy Towns: The South Coast is rising"

As filmmakers that live in Durban South Africa, we documented the astounding story of the rise of KwaZulu - Natal's South Coast. A community shows the country what is possible when people come together with one common goal...TO TIDY UP!!!!
Filmed from 4th - 7th January 2023
As our country and province becomes more and more dependant on its communities to show up. Tidy Towns shows us how it's done, providing a simple blue print and positive model to roll out across our country.
With special thanks to all the contributors and people, who continue to rebuild voluntarily, making the places where we live and play magnificent.
The South Coast is a place of extreme natural beauty, boasting 14 spectacular beaches, a subtropical climate, fertile soil and abundant marine life. Tidy Towns managed to save this beautiful place after years of neglect, THE SOUTH COAST IS BACK! CLEANER, SAFER, STRONGER, THANKS TO TIDY TOWNS!!
Tarryn Buttery - Producer/Director
Bruce Buttery - Camera/Editor
Erin Lionette - Assistant Editor
Guy Buttery - Music
Panga Films - www.panga.co.za

[@chrisgodfrey2742]

Take back the beaches, Take back the roads Take back the towns, Take back the cities, Take back the country Take back our Lives

[@deanbarrett8076]

Flippen legends!! Why isn't this on national news?

[@MK-gn1nz]

Beautiful South Coast🌴

[@user-qb7md2hl5k]

👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋WELL DONE

[@RogerDix]

Wonderful news! Well done!

[@gloriasolan5959]

What an inspiration

[@booh12469]

Bravo Tidy Towns!! Truly INSPIRATIONAL. God Bless.

[@MickClarkeSouthAfrica]

What an incredible story!!!! Well done South Coast residents and all involved.

[@debbiehooper4081]

Absolutely awesome! This is our South Africa! Well done, everyone involved!!!

[@del-marmare1646]

❤❤❤

[@nictron99]

It is not us vs them. It is us against a fallen world, a fallen country, fallen ideologies and fallen politicians. All we can do is love our neighbours as we love ourselves and love the world God gave us. Well done Tidy Towns and the communities. Take it back and love each other as Christ loved us. May we become a country again that honours God and this country he gave us by keeping it clean externally and internally.

[@marcspero3704]

Absolutely brilliant!! Pride needs to be brought back to ALL towns & cities.

[@coralvorster1173]

Well Done to these people. Fantastic

[@memorygrace]

Excellent work and show of strength. Very well done to all these angels

[@judithmuller202]

Fantastic initiative, ❤ We solute you

[@lucasd6499]

Awesome!!! this is what we need to fix our neighborhoods in South Africa stop complaining but roll our sleeves and get to work

[@zameergaffar7187]

Real Patriotic South African fantastic

[@pruharrington4395]

What an inspiration for all South Africans ....with Tidy Towns❤setting a precedent for change with great enthusiasm and unity to transform our beloved South Africa...what a blessing❤well done ...a phenomenol initiative..thank you

[@deannadutlow-wj6xv]

This wonderful working together makes a big difference ❤

[@6ftS]

Absolutely inspirational!! Purely South African... Great film guys, thanks for sharing this awesome story!

[@cherylsack2466]

Great. Well done 🎉

[@AntJB12345]

Well done to the South Coast community, you people are legends!

[@arneleisegang7213]

The South Coast of KZN is truly exceptional. A beautiful, inspirational documentary.

[@lesleyerwee6418]

So proud of the South Coast Community. A fantastic initiative and so inspirational. Thank you for reminding me how beautiful my home coastline is and more importantly how wonderful my ‘homies’ are! Without them this would not have transpired. What an amazing and positive testimony to what can be done when people truly come together for the common good. Be very proud of yourselves Tidy Towns Team. WE are.

[@ronnievorster6361]

Well our whole country could do with this type of thinking and action,everybody should feel that they belong

[@hendrikcjvdwesthuizen2360]

Fantasties. November 2023 vakansie beste ooit. Baie dankie

[@pammills6315]

Fantastic! An amazing example for us all❤

[@TheRaedwolf]

Looooove it!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

[@TheMarkus6275]

I just want to give a shout out to Round Table. I'm a member of the Association of Round Tables of Southern Africa (ARTSA) and we have individual tables and structures in place country wide that are enthusiastic to help with initiatives just like this. We help get corporate funding for projects and each table has a trust account which can assist with tracking and paying donations of public money for these things. Many structures are already in place, let's work together!

[@josefinahenriques-fernande7715]

Well done and thank you Tidy Towns, and and all the people involved!! We should all do the same and make our country proud! ❤

[@vut_zarco]

Tidy Towns

[@josefinahenriques-fernande7715]

@@vut_zarco sorry thanks for the correction.

[@wda_digital]

Very cool. This is the only way we can get SA clean and functioning again. Communities stand together in place of the absolutely useless government. Well done Tidy Towns. A recipe for every community in SA.

[@gregperinguey]

What an incredible and inspirational success story! I would love to be part of an initiative like this in Umdloti!

[@dotskelly6297]

This is fantastic! Now can all of us, nation wide extend this all over South Africa. And especially (ESPECIALLY) work this into the townships.

[@karentorlage8988]

Such hope, inspiration, I am in awe, I salute the community

[@petervantonder2889]

We as a family used to holiday at Skippers Shelly beach in the 70s and 80s so proud of everyone for taking their towns back

[@garagepie]

Absolutely incredible 👏

[@jpcolin9624]

What a fantastic inspirational story. Together we can make anything happen.❤❤

[@helendelport3397]

Awesome guys I've shared this across the land.. encouraging tourists to come back to the South Coast 💯💥🎶

[@lelaniecrous-boulle2563]

I recently moved to Palm Beach. On my daily dog walks, I take a plastic bag with me and pick up rubbish. It's so easy - I try to spread the idea because I believe every bit helps.

[@robinjohnlloyd-jones5879]

What a great community driven effort!

[@janinemachet9782]

What an incredible ongoing story of hope, community spirit and standing together in unity. Lots of fantastic information to inspire us all to rise and be proud 🎉

[@ryanbroughton4082]

Absolutely superb. Well done to all.

[@karenjames.skyguide]

Wowza!! This is a brilliant project which can be duplicated across South Africa!! Congrats to Tidy Towns!!

[@carl4017]

This is the most beautiful thing ive seen come out of South Africa for a while now❤

[@d15roy]

Brilliant!

[@petraemack7324]

WOW GUYS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 you are such an inspiration - thank you thank you thank you - may your inspiration and your way of thinking rub off on ALL of us wherever we are. And that we all create communities that work together to create magic for ALL. ❤❤❤

[@juliasharkey2534]

Awesome, if you live in SA then this is exactly the attitude and response you need.

[@derikpelser4169]

Glad to see in the one section, even the public pool in Margate has been fixed. Spent a lot of time as a kid in that pool. Well done Tidy Towns.

[@deannadutlow-wj6xv]

It would be wonderful if others in engineering could work together and others to get the electricity working also in that country it will benefit all 🙏🙏

[@thebuffalooverlander]

A phenomenal documentary and proof of what can be done when a community pulls together. Thank you Panga Films for sharing this and to Tidy Towns South Coast for your commitment

[@MarleneFerreira-jd7xq]

Wow this is amazing🎉❤ 👏 Good work Tidy Towns we are proud of your achievements. Keep up the good work and unity amongst the people of the South Coast 👍 ❤

[@anthonyhutchinson558]

Super 👌

[@abrikrugerphotography]

wow!!

[@s.v.7741]

Well done team

[@mikehogan9265]

Glad to see what is happening through Tidy Towns. I loved the South Coast and lived there for some time. My two sons were born in Port Shepstone hospital. We migrated to Oz 30 years ago but last year had the opportunity to take them down the coast to see their roots.If we ever moved back to SA it would be back to the South Coast.

[@jeremychandler3569]

Unbelievable guys thank you so much. The SC holds my best childhood memories and to see the rejuvenation almost brings me to tears. I’m bringing my family from the Cape this Christmas to come and play! Thanks again you super people

[@thekikster11]

Excellent guys…you are setting an example. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@normajeffery6470]

Just brilliant, well done. Nice to see the coast looking good again.

[@melanieannshrives7366]

I do pray 🙏🏼 it reaches far and wide.. this is amazing stuff.. incredible the visible changes. The idea of operating as a tight family in various sectors, creating hope and a way forward for all South Africans 😊.. AMA - zing Tidy Towns Hero’s . Amen 🙏🏼

[@annemariemyburgh7252]

I'm getting goosebumps

[@user-tj8wi8ws5q]

You are all amazing ...hats off to you all ❤

[@SakheleMalunga]

Absolutely Amazing, working together we can definitely build better and safer communities. Big Up to everyone that is involved in this initiative and you have inspired many that South Africa is Alive with possibilities 👏🏾 ❤ 🔥

[@zeezee7576]

This is the way to go!! Well done!! Keep going 🎉

[@mercuriaazalieu6335]

I have tears in my eyes... my Heart is overflowing with such richness inside my Being watching this. This is a part of SA that I have always Loved... even the Beautiful Garden route where I now live cannot fulfill me like the Sputh Coast of Natal. YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM. I SALUTE YOU WITH EVERY BREATH. What you are doing goes beyond words. We will support you in any way possible. No matter how hard things have been in SA there is always a glimmer of Hope... and This particular story and creation is a Cascading flood of such greatness... wow. What an inspiration. I Love You All.

[@cuppetycake21]

Proud to be South African 🇿🇦 in moments like these 🎉 well done for showing us how South Coast

[@priscillasaville2604]

Awesome!! Well done Tidy Towns! 😊

[@ameshm95]

Amazing. Well done guys. Can't wait to holiday in Margate again ❤

[@bernadetteswan6687]

Excellent work. Thank you. 🙏

[@kristinlucas3282]

Well done amazing.

[@lisamay8622]

Absolutley Amazing! Well done for revealing and inspiring the true backbone of our People. I had labled the South Coast a real shit hole 8yrs ago now I am excited to revisit. Thank you.

[@jeannettethorpe163]

This is truly remarkable and inspirational- well done!

[@lukejwalker]

Awesome awesome 🙌

[@aimhigh3701]

We need this… everywhere!

[@lesleystolp1145]

Thank you everyone..... Is there a "tidy town" in the Doonside Toti area? Would love to participate

[@jacoswart4397]

Make government irrelevant, the way it should be. Well done tidy town people

[@patsardinha8911]

Well done.

[@julietteroos2956]

Well done!!👍🏼 👏👏👏🫶

[@sweetpea6179]

Doing a fantastic job. Unfortunately the sewerage problem in the eThekwini area is still really bad.

[@prynner]

The speakers and places should be captioned so we know who's speaking and perhaps what they do and which place we're looking at..

[@annieconway8998]

If it’s to be it’s up to me

[@daHumbleOne]

Scottburgh, Umkomaas, Park Rynie where do I sign up??

[@vrassoc]

Are we allowed to ask how the rates and taxes that you pay monthly is being spent by the municipality, to do what is now paid for a second time?

[@RichardMullin1]

Of course you are allowed to ask but I think you missed the point of the story. They did this because they were sick of pointing fingers and complaining. They have put that all to one side and started 'doing" with the hope that the wider community will join in and see what is possible when honest people work together

[@vrassoc]

No, I didn't miss the point of the story. I have admiration for what is being done. But is demanding the services that you pay for really finger pointing and complaining? Can we only get any chance of a decent life by paying taxes and still doing the work ourselves? Is it not allowing criminals to simply get away with their crimes with zero consequences? Is that sustainable?

[@RichardMullin1]

@@vrassoc I think they are probably tired of demanding and not getting. They are in a no win situation. Sit and complain about what is right and what their rights are, or get up, do it yourself and "pay slightly higher taxes". They probably put a lot of these expenses through their business so pay less tax anyway. Hopefully the people that are responsible for keeping the crooks in jobs see what is possible ( jobs and income from tourists coming back wise ) and hopefully make moves to get rid of them or at least hold them accountable.

[@Nolies-yf8bs]

It's so sad that the municipality manager and all his cronies earn the big money, the manager and cronies misuse the money! These good people should be earning the big pay cheque not that municipality manager that had no clue how to manage!!

[@graemeneale9311]

The gentleman at the three minute time stamp says that the government does not have the resources to do the work Why do we pay taxes, VAT, fuel levies, toll fees and, and, and,

[@NicoKRIEL-uz4ew]

I want 2 move to durban

[@JaniAnders-vx6wx]

Taxes going to the municipality should be going to this project.

[@SS-nu6cr]

Well done to these people. But what sticks in my throat is that these are are doing the work for free while useless cadres get paid for doing absolutely nothing!

[@hannavanderberg1673]

Just keep the tax money cause you are doing all the work while the anc pockets mercs

[@Michael-gr6fv]

The sad thing is that the thieves who stole the money will get away with the theft

[@saroadtrippers-4x4_Motorhomes]

Great example of what can be done for South African Tourism. Well Played! #tidytowns @SouthAfricanTourism kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpmvlWZrbrdlbqM

[@jpfreakleroux9862]

Wow 🇿🇦 Teamwork is essential if one wants to be successful in any respect, be it monetary, family happiness, or political achievement in society 🇿🇦🫱🏻‍🫲🏿🇿🇦 well done