Welcome to The EDGE Community News

Welcome to The EDGE Community News

Welcome to The EDGE Community News

Welcome to The EDGE Community News

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The EDGE Community Newspaper

Sedgefield and its surrounding Garden Route communities are a growing market, with many residents enjoying a good quality of life, enriched by a healthy environment, good amenities and friendly locals. Their main focus is the best for their families and friends.

The EDGE reflects these positive attributes.

We are also aware that there are many in the community who need upliftment and assistance. Part of our task as their newspaper is to be their voice. Highlighting their plight, championing their causes and connecting them with those who may be able to assist is a large part of what we are all about.

Local news content is key to our success. We pride ourselves on the depth, quality and accuracy of our stories.

The EDGE is proud to have its roots in the community it serves, with each edition packed with names and faces of local people.

Many contributors – from societies, schools and organisations – submit content on a regular basis. They feel part of the paper and we are delighted to have them on board.  Our newspaper is rich in content and passionate about celebrating local life – with a touch of quirky humour that goes with it. It is written and put together at our offices in the heart of the community. Our experienced team knows what makes the Garden Route tick because we all live and breathe this wonderful area.

The newspaper focuses on issues, people and places, and we are pleased our readers do not see it as a pick-me-up, five-minute read, but rather something they enjoy at their leisure and return to during the course of the week.

We are not complacent and we strive to improve further.   With the community’s support, we have proven over the last 18 years that there is a need for a local newspaper.  Our aim is to continue to make The EDGE something that the community is proud of.

Distribution 3 500 copies.

Sedgefield, Wilderness, George, Knysna.

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FROM Councillor Cleone VanstonThe past week has been a very emotional experience, 12 hour days all week long, and the result of protecting and assisting over 370 people is indescribable. Assisting daily to the humanitarian needs of women, children, and men. Once again, the team and town of Sedgefield managed this humanitarian disaster like a well-oiled machine. To my "A team" that made this week a success - Thank you doesn't seem to be sufficient, no words can describe how grateful I am to have had this opportunity to work with you all for the betterment of our foreign nationals. Thank you to the following stakeholders Mario, Clare, and the gift of the givers team.Jenny, Rashida and Mobile mealsThe Sedgefield LionsTo our Knysna Municipal Director, Johnny Douglas and AMM To Mr Coko from Immigrations and DHA teamsTo DLG &CWP To Michael Simon To SAPS and Capt Pieterse To our Law enforcement teams To DR JC venter and Dr Brink.To everyone who donated something To Our Premier Alan Winde 💙 and the Provincial Disaster management team ... See MoreSee Less
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Dear Readers,There seems to be some misunderstanding regarding this week’s front page article, entitled XENOPHOBIA – NEVER THE ANSWER. A number of community leaders and other residents of Smutsville have messaged the newspaper, complaining that the story insinuates that the entire Smutsville community is xenophobic.This certainly was not the intention of the article – and I, as the writer, had hoped that the two paragraphs included in the first column would have made this clear. They read as follows:“The immediate trigger for the panic of the many Malawians, Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals was the high level of intimidation by groups of youths, most notably in Slangepark and Smutsville. At the time of going to press, no injuries to foreign nationals had been reported, but the threat itself was enough to create fear and movement, with the juveniles reportedly chasing foreign nationals through the streets armed with golf clubs, and reports of their now vacated homes already being looted.”"Public Order Policing units, or POPS, on standby in Knysna, were swiftly deployed to Sedgefield as soon as the trouble began along with SAPS and Municipal Law Enforcement vehicles, sent not to arrest foreign nationals, but to transport them to places of safety, which in Sedgefield’s case, was the Town Hall."That being said, by the number of messages I have received (all of which I answered individually) a different perception of the article seems to be circulating, and I have clearly – and regrettably - upset some of our readers residing in Smutsville, for which I humbly apologise. I have always known the Smutsville community to be good, peace-loving folk, and the fact that incidents of threats, violence and looting were isolated on Tuesday is testament to that.I do still stand by the core message that I hope the article makes clear: Xenophobia – and the intimidation, violence and fear-mongering that comes with it - will never, ever be the solution to any of South Africa’s problems. It is such a shame that, as it is all over the world, the hateful actions of just a few individuals can cause such unrest for a whole community.Yours faithfullyBomber Webb.Editor (and Chief Bottle Washer) of The EDGE.PS: If you do wish to comment, please do so constructively and with compassion. Be kind. ... See MoreSee Less
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