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TIME FOR THE CLIMB!

2023 SIMOLA HILLCLIMB SET TO DELIVER FAN-FRIENDLY AUTOMOTIVE EXTRAVAGANZA • Fan Fest, street parades and a chance to see the cars and drivers up-close at official scrutineering add to the excitement and adrenaline-fuelled atmosphere before the Simola Hillclimb even starts. • Gasoline Alley offers some of the best views of the event with a variety […]

MAKING MYOLI SPARKLE

It may be named the Knysna Seahorse, but Sedgefield is where you will now find the most impressive tribute to the tiny creature that makes the town’s estuaries its home. On Tuesday, 18 April, local NPO Masithandane unveiled their latest mosaic masterpiece at the foot of the dune that beach-lovers climb to reach the magnificent […]

No.1 IN THE WORLD!

(picture: World #1 David Morgan Smith (left) training with fellow walker Nic Brummer) Sedgefielder Dave Morgan-Smith has been ranked the fasted race walker in the world for his age group. Dave, who recently turned 85, had previously been ranked 3rd in the 80-85 age category, but now, according to current World Master Athletics Rankings, he […]

SRRA UP IN ARMS OVER NO-SHOW OF MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS

Incensed by the absence of officials set to attend the town hall meeting last night, Sedgefield’s Ratepayers and Residents Association EXCO have issued the following statement. A  total of six municipal officials, including the new municipal manager (Mr Phineas Sebola – seen in picture) and five of his directors, failed to attend a Ward 2 […]

LLEWELLYN FLYING HIGH!

Our local acting protégé Llewellyn Bond has done it again – winning ‘Best Actor’ at the annual DCAS (Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport) Theatre Competition held at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, on 25 February. Furthermore, his Knysna drama group ‘Art Attack’ scooped ‘Best Production’ for their show, ‘Delwersdorp’.For the first time since 2020, […]

MOB JUSTICE ENDS IN MURDER

Whilst Knysna police are still investigating the tragic murder of a man in Sedgefield yesterday (Tuesday, 24 Jan), there is speculation that his death was the result of mob justice. At around 7 am, residents of Disa and Agapanthus streets heard much shouting and screaming as a group of between ten and fifteen men chased […]

MATRICULATING MAGNIFICENTLY

These three good friends have really flown the Sedgefield flag high, as the recently published results saw them matriculating with seven distinctions each! They are (pictured from left to right) DJ Hoffmann, Amani Lamprecht and Leith Wardlaw – all from York High and graduates from Laerskool Sedgefield Primary’s class of 2017. Amani – whose marks […]

FAREWELL VISITORS… and thanks for choosing Sedgefield.

(Picture by the very talented Luana Laubscher) As the sun begins to set on the 2022/2023 holiday season and annual visitors start making their way back to the bigger centres, it is wonderful to get positive feedback from local businesses that it has indeed been a much-needed bumper season. Reports received by The EDGE show […]

RATEPAYERS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM KNYSNA MUNICIPALITY

A STATEMENT FROM SEDGEFIELD RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Over two months ago, on 3 October 2022, the SRRA sent a formal letter to Knysna Municipality detailing key concerns as well as a list of related By-Laws that are being breached with little, or in most cases, no action being taken by the Municipality. […]