Welcome to The EDGE Community News

Welcome to The EDGE Community News

Welcome to The EDGE Community News

Welcome to The EDGE Community News

WORKING ON THE EDGE

The EDGE has a small and efficient team of permanent staff who handle the day to day running of the newspaper.

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Proof Reader

Nikki Jones.

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Accounts and Classifieds

Margie Mather.

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Design and Layout

Kelly Webb.

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Editor and lifter of heavy things

Bomber Webb.

  • Proof Reader: Nikki Jones ❷

    (No dialogue shall be entered into).

    After more than ten years wielding her red pen at The EDGE, Nikki is not only passionate about making sure our ‘i’s are dotted and ‘t’s crossed- she also assists in assessing what is and isn’t suitable for reading consumption in a community newspaper.

  • Accounts and Classifieds: Margie Mather ❸

    (044) 3432415

    With 15 years at The EDGE Margie is the backbone of the business, and normally the voice of sanity that keeps it on track and viable as a newspaper. She not only handles all the figure work, billing and money collection, but also manages the office, keeps the rest of us in line (almost) and controls the classified advertising. When deadline day is on – she gets stuck in and assists with page make up too. (Possibly the only bookkeeper in the world who is proficient in Corel Draw!)

  • ❹ Design and Layout: Kelly Webb

    (044) 343 2415

    Co-owner of The EDGE since its inception in 1998, Kel is responsible for advert design as well as the layout of the newspaper up to print stage. She stares seemingly impossible deadlines in the face without breaking a sweat, even when they whoosh past, and somehow always comes up trumps with a great looking paper.

  • ❺ Editor and lifter of heavy things: Bomber Webb

    072 516 4701 / (044) 343 2415

    Having been the only man on the team since day one, Bomber has learnt to keep his head down when the pressure is on. He writes most of the leading news articles in The EDGE, and, where necessary, assists with the design. He tries to manage the company too, when the ladies let him.

  • The Others

    The EDGE also has a large group of ‘unnofficial’ team players who are a huge part of the paper’s success and longevity. Without its regular columnists, photographic submissions and story-seekers from the community, The EDGE would certainly not be the paper it is today.

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6 days ago

The EDGE Community Newspaper
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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1 week ago

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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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