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RUNNERS, BIKERS & HIKERS – PLEASE BE FMD-WISE
With all-to-real fears of the spread of the dreaded Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in the Garden Route, the district municipality is urging residents and visitors to be aware of the outbreak, and be extremely conscious of the danger of spreading it themselves. The message was issued particularly to those involved in outdoor sports such as running, hiking and cycling, as well as those simply driving in and around farming areas.
TRAGIC DEATH BY LIGHTNING STRIKE
A local fisherman Jaylin Prins lost his life late in the afternoon of Thursday 5 Feb, as a result of a lightning strike, heard over most of Sedgefield. The 35-year-old Smutsville resident was in a row boat with a friend, Ivan Bruintjies, fishing on the lagoon not far from the shore of The Island.Ivan said […]
MARVELLOUS MOOKIE MAKES 100
(Picture: Mookie ‘The Birthday Woman’ (because at 100 ‘girl’ seems stretching it) celebrates with her son Arthur Botha and daughter Audrey Van Der Merwe.) On 8 January 2026, Wilhelmina Jacoba “Mookie” Botha marked her 100th birthday, surrounded by 50 friends and family members who travelled from all over the country to honour her extraordinary life […]
HOUSING – STILL SEDGEFIELD’S HOT POTATO
It seems that Sedgefield is set to be continually plagued with housing and land issues, setting communities against one another as more and more informal houses spring up. The last two weeks came close to erupting into riots during a face-off between some Smutsville residents and local authorities, as more than sixty informal homes sprang […]
TO BE, OR NOT TO BE UNDER ADMINISTRATION
Whether or not Knysna is placed ‘under administration’ and the current council dissolved is now hanging in the balance after the Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Public Administration (Traditional Affairs, Human Settlements and Water and Sanitation) met in Knysna yesterday, Tuesday 23 September to consider submissions on the matter. The final decision will be […]