Scenes from recent loud parties and jovial crowds on Clifton and Camps Bay Beaches have irked local Cape Town residents. Some are even calling the affluent area the “new Durban.”
CLIFTON, CAMPS BAY PARTIES UPSET LOCALS
In videos posted on social media, rowdy crowds are seen partying on Cape Town’s famous beaches, including Camps Bay and Clifton’s 4th Beach.
In the clips, scores of young people are seen singing and dancing to loud music in the sand, on rocks, and even on top of taxis. The partying goes on well into the night.
According to social media users, the visitors appear to be students who are partying hard ahead of their final exams.
Take a look…
@pachecosanchez69 Clifton 4th beach live and shut down 📢🇿🇦🎬 #clifton #shutdown #party #viral #foryou #capetown ♬ Fede – Mr JazziQ & Vigro Deep
@haibo_bully0.1 DC haven’t even started yet 😭🔥#fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #SAMA28 #clifton #december #viral #southafrica ♬ original sound – Herschelle.J🇿🇦
@byronwhitee Replying to @sanchez manh no one does it better🇿🇦🐐 #fyp #southafrica #viral #southafricantiktok🇿🇦 #clifton #party ♬ Hayi Thela (For Mr Thela) – Dankii kay
@byronwhitee This is why i love my country, everyones vibing 🇿🇦📢🫡 #foryou #viral #clifton #southafrica #nodnajustrsa🇿🇦 #mzansi ♬ Don’t Touch That Bass – DrummeRTee924 & Laz Mfanaka
@iamlamain 😂CAPE BIZA 😝 #fyp #foryou #capetown #clifton #viral ♬ original sound – La.main🕷🕸
But while many praised the beach-goers for their carefree attitudes, others – likely locals – are unimpressed by the volume of traffic and noise the parties have brought.
Here’s what a few social media users had to say…
@renee_dominique: “There goes our belove, Clifton.”
@plug394: “Now watch it get ruined and become dangerous“
@georepng: “How to destroy property values”
@faithsello90: “It’s giving Durban, South Beach”
@delevega619: “Clifton is not the ghetto”
@itsjustkeens: “Clifton has become South Beach, quick quick
WHAT DO CAPE TOWN’S BY-LAWS STATE?
On social media, many Cape Town residents have complained that the rowdy late-night parties at Clifton and Camps Bay violate city by-laws.
According to a City of Cape Town document, beach-goers must refrain from the following…
- Being in possession of or consuming any alcohol except on licensed premises or where a temporary liquor licence has been granted;
- Being under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or any other dependence-producing substance;
- Holding, convening, or organising any entertainment, display, performance, procession, public meeting, recreation, or event without the permission of the City or do so in contravention of any condition attached to any such authorisation
- Acting in a manner that poses a risk to life, human well-being or property;
- Behaving in an improper, indecent, unruly, violent, or anti-social manner or causing a
- disturbance;
- Performing an indecent act.
IS OUTRAGE OVER CLIFTON, CAMPS BAY BEACH PARTIES WARRANTED OR UNNECESSARY?
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