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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Sales and Client Services

Joy Lambie.

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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.

  • Sales and Client Services: Joy Lambie ❶

    082 389 2024 / (044) 343 2415

    Joy has been with The EDGE for five years and certainly is an integral part of the team. Energetically handling advertising inquiries, chasing artwork, keeping clients happy and heading off to source new business from George to Knysna, her positivity and faith in humankind is more than admirable.

  • 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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4 days ago

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Daily Maverick making a stand for REAL NEWSIf you go to the Daily Maverick pages today, you will see that we have shut down for 24 hours. We have never shut down before in the nearly 15 years we’ve been around. This was not an easy decision, but we felt compelled to highlight the global crisis journalism faces and what that means for our democracy and our economy. Newsrooms across the world and South Africa are retrenching staff and closing down. The impact is devastating. Just look around.Our cities are failing in lockstep with the demise of local journalism, with no accountability measures interrogating a broken system. With that, our economy can’t grow, businesses struggle to create new jobs, and the tax base shrinks, creating a larger burden per person. As we are a national news site, there is a misconception that we are in every corner of South Africa. We are not. Our inboxes are full every day with tip-offs from whistleblowers and requests to help when water, electricity or basic services have not been provided. There are simply not enough journalists to counter the volume of corruption, mismanaged funds and ineptitude that we know is happening in municipalities and institutions throughout the country. If we could hire more, we could change this. There is more than enough work to triple the number of journalists we currently have. Advertising revenue, grant funding, and philanthropic support are drying up. Your contributions have kept Daily Maverick alive. After five years of Maverick Insider, only 27,960 amazing human beings — like you — have chosen to support us and keep our work free for all to access. This is just a small percentage of the site’s visitors, averaging around 10 million per month. Sadly, it’s not enough to do the required job in a country ravaged by corruption. We need to do much more for South Africa, like creating a dedicated team of journalists to cover our broken education system and establishing teams of local journalists to cover our eight biggest cities with a daily report. Local news has been destroyed by economic disruption and compromised newsrooms.So we had to do something drastic — something to show what it would feel like if journalism were silenced due to a failing market.Today, there will be no reporting. There will be no investigations. There will be no updates.There will be no accountability. This crisis is bigger than us — it’s bigger than one newsroom and any story. That’s why we need to make such a bold statement. We understand that this 24-hour interruption is frustrating, especially for our Maverick Insider members, who carry the weight of Daily Maverick’s support. However, it is nothing compared to what will happen if journalism collapses.In the meantime, if you want to help even more, here are some suggestions: Share our shutdown across your social media: the more people understand the severity of the crisis, the more assistance the journalism sector might receive. Here is the official Daily Maverick post. If you own your own company, are in a leadership position or even have the ear of the decision-makers in your workplace, challenge them to redirect some of your company’s digital marketing budget to news media and not for all of it to be funnelled to tech platforms. These tech companies do not pay taxes in this country, nor will they ever investigate the criminality and corruption in South Africa. You can learn more details of how businesses can help here. Can you contribute R20, R50 or R100 more than you already are to Daily Maverick? We know times are tight, but the communal impact of this would significantly shift our situation. If you are in a position to do this, you can increase your contribution here. Thank you for your understanding and continued support. We would not have gotten this far without you. Shutting down operations is not something we ever wanted to do. Our effort today is in the hope that we will never have to do it again. From the DM offices: ... See MoreSee Less

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The EDGE Community Newspaper

1 week ago

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Joint Media Release: Update on impact of severe weather system in Western Cape9 April 2024Premier Alan Winde and members of the Western Cape Government (WCG) Cabinet received an update this morning on the impact of the severe weather that affected large parts of the Western Cape over the past 72 hours. “Conditions have stabilised in the western parts of the province but there is heavy rainfall and rising water levels in the Garden Route district which we are monitoring very closely this morning,” the Premier said following a meeting of the Joint Operational Centre (JOC) this morning, which was activated at the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) ahead of the intense cut-off low system. He added, “Our top priority remains protecting lives in areas which are now receiving high rainfall. In regions where the weather system has now passed, we will focus our efforts on mop up and humanitarian aid operations, with help from municipalities and NGOs.”“Our disaster management focus today will be on the George and surrounding areas as the cut-off low system moves eastwards. George has measured more than 100mm of rain over the past 24 hours, and heavy downpours are expected to continue through the day,” Anton Bredell, Western Cape Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning said.Dams in the Garden Route district are filling up rapidly or are already overflowing, especially dams on the coast in this region. Dam levels in parts of the Karoo are also rising. Authorities are constantly monitoring this situation.The Minister continued, “Even though the heavy downpours are expected to taper off during the day, we are closely monitoring this situation, as it can contribute to flooding downstream. On our coastline, we are particularly concerned about estuaries at Mossel Bay and Wilderness. From the ocean side, there is a spring tide coinciding with storm surges due to the weather system. From the inland side, we are experiencing strong flowing rivers and overflowing dams. Taken together, these conditions are increasing the risks of flooding at estuaries, even if the river mouths are opened to the ocean.”The South African Weather Services confirmed that a Level 4 warning for disruptive rain over the eastern parts of the province will remain in place for this morning. Rain can be expected to continue in the Garden Route District until Wednesday.RoadsWhile a number of roads in the Overberg, Cape Winelands, Garden Route Districts have been affected, the situation is fluid and rapidly changing. Road closures will be updated on our website. For an updated list of roads impacted please visit the Western Cape Government website. Authorities have been hard at work clearing roadways of debris. Provincial Traffic Services have been deployed in key areas to assist withPower outagesWhile power has been restored to some parts of the province the Premier remains deeply concerned over ongoing Eskom power outages elsewhere. He has urged Eskom to utilise all resources it has available to urgently restore electricity to all affected areas. “Last night I phoned the General Manager of the Eskom Coastal Cluster to offer any resources that they may need to respond to the outages, as I am deeply concerned that some Eskom customers have been without power since the beginning of this disruptive weather,” said Premier Winde. EducationSchools in the Overberg and Cape Winelands education districts remain closed today, while schools in the Helderberg basin reopened. The Western Cape Department of Education will make a decision later today as to whether further closures will be needed in the coming days. 132 schools have reported damage, ranging from minor to significant, and these are currently being assessed and repairedInfrastructureHeavy rains and strong winds have wrought havoc across the Stellenbosch, Drakenstein Municipalities, as well as the West Coast and Cape Town metro, damaging homes and other structures.Officials from the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure are still assessing the impact on housing. The Department is closely liaising with the national department of Human Settlements to have fire kits urgently delivered to informal settlements that have been ravaged by fires over the weekend.HealthHealthcare facilities remain largely operational despite intermittent power outages at some sites.Premier Winde concluded, “All our disaster management officials in affected regions have been working round the clock and will remain on high alert for as long as is necessary. We are managing this rapidly evolving situation as best we can. But it must be noted that all of our combined disaster management resources planned adequately ahead of this weather system. This has proved to be crucial as they have responded rapidly to all incidents, prioritsing protecting lives and propertyTo stay informed on the ongoing situation, kindly make use of the below communication resources:Emergency numbers for the districts and City of Cape Town are as follows:Cape Winelands: 021-886-9244 / 021-8874446Garden Route: 044 805 5071 Central Karoo: 023-449-8000West Coast: 022 433 8700 Overberg: 028 4251690City of Cape Town: 107 landline or 021 480 7700 and - 080-911-4357 (City of Cape Town Disaster Management Centre)For information and latest updates about the impact of the storm on the Western Cape please: ⁃ call the Western Cape Government’s call centre on 0860 142 142 (operational 24/7 till further notice) ⁃ visit the Western Cape Government’s website: www.westerncape.gov.za ⁃ visit the dedicated webpage: www.westerncape.gov.za/general-publication/severe-weather-alerts-and-updates-7-april ... See MoreSee Less

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2 weeks ago

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