Holidaymakers and residents frolicked happily on Durban's beachfront on Saturday thanks to a huge clean-up by Durban Solid Waste in the early hours of the morning.
Clearly they had scoured the area with a fine-tooth comb, as some residents said broken bottles and rubbish had lain everywhere earlier.
Durban was also the scene on Saturday of the first Vodacom Rhinofish VQS surfing event at Dairy Beach - the bikini brigade turning out to watch the bronzed surfers in action. The event is set to continue on Sunday.
All was not quite rosy on the beachfront, however. Residents of Summersands, opposite the old Durban drive-in, are going through hell.
In the wake of the bedlam on Durban's beachfront two weekends ago, the city restricted taxis and buses from entering the beachfront over weekends, directing them instead to the drive-in site.
"They removed the problem from the beachfront and put it in our back yard," said the chairperson of Summersands body corporate, Sifiso Kalinjani, describing a scene of hundreds of taxis and buses with music blaring loudly, and people partying the night away, drinking and smashing bottles.
"Residents say they cannot sleep. Some children are writing exams. I have been up since 4am," said Kalinjani.
According to Kalinjani, last week their electric fence was vandalised and people had jumped over it. Some of the flats had been broken into.
Kalinjani said other residential blocks in the area were also being affected.
Another Durban resident, Paul Forbes, took an early morning run along the beachfront from Blue Lagoon to uShaka Marine World. Believing taxis had been restricted, he was surprised to see how many were parked there.
City manager Mike Sutcliffe said the relevant bylaws still had to be put in place and the city was doing its best to ensure a glass-free beachfront, with restricted access, a clean and noise-pollution free environment, with people not staying overnight in vehicles.
"In the end, the key lies in changing people's attitudes," said Sutcliffe.