Drunken murder A couple’s drunken altercation lead to the woman’s death by strangulation during the early hours of Sunday morning. According to police spokesperson Captain Adriana Chandler a man (29) had been arguing with his girlfriend (23) at their home in Site 5 informal settlement, Table View. They were intoxicatedRead More

Display your house number clearly so that it can be easily seen by emergency service or police. Store and label emergency contact numbers in your phone to allow fast dialling in an emergency. Don’t go into your house if you find a door or window open, or signs of forcedRead More

Two suspected car thieves, aged 34 and 54 respectively, were arrested in Table View yesterday. The men will appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court tomorrow. Shortly after 15:00 yesterday members of Table View Police received information about a suspicious vehicle in Athens Road.  According to police spokesperson Captain AdrianaRead More

According to Table View police an armed robbery took place at a popular restaurant at Marine Circle, Bloubergstrand, on Sunday 19 February. A traumatised employee told officers that three men, of whom one had a firearm, approached him inside the premises around 10:00. The complainant ran to press the panicRead More

A trio of suspected car thieves “looked stunned” when they were apprehended on Tuesday morning in Table View. According to Table View police spokesperson Captain Adriana Chandler the vehicle they were driving had been positively linked by video footage to the theft of a motor vehicle on Monday in TableRead More

Table View police warn that a significant percentage of fraud cases reported to them were perpetrated via the internet. Advance fee fraud The spokesperson for Table View police Captain Adriana Chandler says that “54% of these cases involved property to rent or for sale. A deposit is required by theRead More

Table View police have once again urged people to keep their windows closed and to install and activate an alarm system that is linked to a security company. The warning comes after an early morning robbery in Parklands in which burglars gained access to a house through an open bathroomRead More

A group of four teenagers will always remember 24 September 2016 as the day they were attacked on the beach. Three men, all of them wearing hoodies, approached the teenagers after sunset at Eden on the Bay and a traumatic series of events followed. Ordered to a secluded part ofRead More

Three men who used a rented Toyota Etios with false number plates for a housebreaking spree in Melkbosstrand and Philadelphia today have been caught thanks to the joint efforts of the police of Melkbosstrand, Table View and neighbourhood watches. According to police spokesperson Constable Debbie Alard the men were firstRead More

A man’s alibi went up in smoke this morning when he was caught with a large amount of dope. The man, a 20-year-old foreign national residing in Du Noon, was hiking along the N7 in the direction of Atlantis when two Table View cops saw him. According to a policeRead More