Ridge Times Newspaper

29/10/2025

Tsiyamo Lephoto of Sasol Athletics Club won the recent 21km Secunda Mall’s Take Heart race on October 18.

Sasol Athletics Club's Tsiyamo Lephoto wins 21km with a time of 1:08:33.

29/10/2025

𝗩𝘂𝗸𝘁𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵

Members of the Vukanini Taxi Association marched to the eMbalenhle Police Station to demand the immediate transfer of Constable Gert Lebitsi from eMbalenhle.

Lebitsi is currently out on bail after his arrest in connection with charges of defeating the ends of justice.

This charge emanates from the investigation into the assassination of taxi boss Fani Khumalo.

29/10/2025

Students from the Universal Shotokan Karate Union represented the Karate South Africa development team at the Gaborone International Open Karate Championship, held in Botswana from October 11 to 12.

Onthathile Motsoeneng competed in the cadets division and won gold in kata.

29/10/2025

The Evander Magistrate’s Court has, on October 23, postponed the murder case of Thokozane Mabena to November 4 for further investigation.

Thokozane Mabena must return to court on November 4 in connection with the murder of Bongani Hlongwane (18) in August.

29/10/2025

Caxton Network News | The 2023 death of a Pietermaritzburg student is again in the spotlight as protests erupt following another fatal lift shaft accident at the same building.
Read more: https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/lnn/article/durban-flats-lift-shaft-twin-not-the-first-to-fall-to-death/

28/10/2025

Sport | 'n Allergie vir morfien, waarvan Maggie Smit nie bewus was nie, beteken dat sy eers môre teater toe sal gaan ná sy geval het tydens RideJoburg.
Lees meer hier: https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/network-sport/2025/10/28/middelburg-fietsryer-se-toestand-verbeter-na-ernstige-val/

28/10/2025

Caxton Network News | The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is celebrating after ArcelorMittal South Africa was ordered to reinstate retrenched workers.
Read more here: https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/lnn/article/labour-court-orders-steel-company-to-reinstate-newcastle-and-vereeniging-workers/

28/10/2025

Motoring | Foton’s new Tunland V7 and V9 double-cab bakkies are set to shake up the market with hybrid power, bold American-style design and serious off-road capability.
Read more: https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/motoring/2025/10/28/american-style-foton-bakkies-arriving-in-south-africa-in-november/

28/10/2025

The Secunda Mall Christmas tree's lights were switched on during a small event in front of Symphony’s Café on October 21.

What began as a festive decoration will soon become a gift of warmth when Secunda’s crochet Christmas tree is transformed into blankets for the less fortunate.

28/10/2025

Sport | During a Blue Bulls Rugby Trust fundraising dinner, Dr Johan van Zyl criticised South African rugby’s governance model as unsustainable.
Read more here: https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/network-sport/2025/10/28/top-rugby-administrator-warns-against-current-management-model/

28/10/2025

The Secunda Regional Court has on October 15 imposed three life sentences on a 40-year-old man who r***d his 12-year-old stepdaughter at their eMbalenhle home in 2021.

The stepfather was found guilty of ra**ng the 12-year-old girl three times.

28/10/2025

Caxton Network News | Wildlife vet Dr Alwyn Venter, his assistant and a pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed and caught fire near Daniëlskuil on Sunday.
Read more here: https://www.citizen.co.za/network-news/lnn/article/pretoria-vet-among-3-killed-in-northern-cape-helicopter-crash/