{"id":46135,"date":"2024-05-23T20:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T22:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:28:45","slug":"fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fish Hoek police are urging residents to come forward and report any incidents of robbery and muggings taking place at the beach.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Last week, in a social media post, a resident claimed to have witnessed two elderly people being mugged on Jager\u2019s Walk.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Fish Hoek police are urging residents to come forward and report any incidents of robbery and muggings taking place at the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, in a social media post, a resident claimed to have witnessed two elderly people being mugged on Jager\u2019s Walk. However, according to police spokesperson WO Peter Middleton, no case was reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis office can inform that no such case has been reported to police related to the social media post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis office wishes to inform that social media posts are not always accurate relating to when the incident occurs and sometimes it\u2019s an incident just reposted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-four-incidents\">Four incidents<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Middleton added that at least four robberies at Fish Hoek Beach have been reported since the start of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFish Hoek has had four incidents of robbery on the beachfront this year. Three of these cases were on Jager\u2019s Walk and in one case an arrest was made by the Fish Hoek police. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a social media post last week, a resident claimed to have witnessed an elderly couple being robbed on Jager\u2019s Walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust witnessed a mugging on Jager\u2019s Walk,\u201d the post read. \u201cThe two youngsters stole a phone from an older couple and sprinted away\u2026 other walkers tried to stop the runners but were unsuccessful. Please be alert on this walk, even when it is busy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, police have requested that victims report cases in order to apply resources to affected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_7c6372cc\">\n<div class=\"text\">We ask that people should make every attempt in reporting such cases to police as this will give guidance to how we apply resources through correctly reported information<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate incident, posted on social media in March, an elderly couple from the United Kingdom (UK) were allegedly targeted. \u201cAnother mugging on the Fish Hoek catwalk today at the end near Sunny Cove around lunchtime,\u201d the post read. \u201cHis wallet was gone and he was hurt and badly shaken.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a social media post, police responded swiftly to the incident at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere should be warning signs not to walk with any valuables at all but please be careful there. That\u2019s the third one that I know of in just a few weeks and I\u2019m sure there are more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in a separate incident, the owner of a food truck was allegedly robbed in Main Road, Muizenberg last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fish Hoek police are urging residents to come forward and report any incidents of robbery and muggings taking place at the beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":46137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_linkdex":"","_yoast_wpseo_content_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_inclusive_language_score":"","_yoast_wpseo_is_cornerstone":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","_crsspst_to_novanewscoza":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozabloemnewsexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozacityvision":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozadistrictmailhelderberg":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaeikestadnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozahermanustimes":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakomani-karoo":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozakougaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozamthathaexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozanoordkaapbulletin":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapaarlpost":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozapeexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaswartlandgazette":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozatygerburger":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaudexpress":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavistanews":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozavrystaatkroon":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweskusnuus":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaweslander":false,"_crsspst_to_novanewscozaworcesterstandard":false,"_EventAllDay":"","_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":"","_EventShowMapLink":"","_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":"","_EventVenueID":"","_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":"","_VenueShowMapLink":"","_application":"","_batch_id":"","_company_name":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_company_website":"","_custom_id":"979fe226-7774-49e2-bae5-2f6752cb99d7","_EventDuration":"","_EventOrigin":"","_EventTimezoneAbbr":"","_featured":"","_filled":"","_job_expires":"","_job_location":"","_media_credit":"","_media_credit_url":"","_menu_item_menu_item_parent":"","_menu_item_object":"","_menu_item_object_id":"","_menu_item_target":"","_menu_item_type":"","_menu_item_url":"","_menu_item_xfn":"","_navis_media_can_distribute":"","_navis_media_credit_org":"","_OrganizerOrigin":"","_provider":"","_pum_built_in":"","_pum_default_theme":"","_pum_form_conversion_count":"","_remote_id":"","_remote_name":"","_remote_position":"","_report_frequency":"","_report_reference_dates":"","_send_attempts":"","_site_id":"","_sitemap_exclude":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_sitemap_priority":"","_source_url":"","_subscription_period":"","_subscription_period_interval":"","_subscription_price":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":"","_template_type":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_tribe_aggregator_allow_multiple_organizers":"","_tribe_aggregator_content_type":"","_tribe_aggregator_file":"","_tribe_aggregator_finalized":"","_tribe_aggregator_hash":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_id":"","_tribe_aggregator_import_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_interactive":"","_tribe_aggregator_origin":"","_tribe_aggregator_post_status":"","_tribe_aggregator_preview":"","_tribe_aggregator_source_name":"","_tribe_aggregator_type":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_hide_attendees_list":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":"","_tribe_ticket_version":"","_type":"","_VenueOrigin":"","_wp_attachment_context":"","_wp_attachment_image_alt":"","_wp_font_face_file":"","_wp_old_date":"","_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":"","_yoast_wpseo_focuskw_text_input":"","_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_block-catalog":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_job_listing_type":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_nova_retailer":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_publication":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_tribe_events_cat":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-duration":"","_yoast_wpseo_videositemap-rating":"","_menu_item_classes":[],"_tribe_modified_fields":[],"_wp_attachment_backup_sizes":[],"_wp_suggested_privacy_policy_content":[],"_yoast_post_redirect_info":[],"_yoast_wpseo_video_meta":[],"activation_date":"","archive_insertion_is_repeating":"","archive_insertion_posts_count":"","article_feature_media":"","article_feature_type":"","article_main_image_caption":"","article_media_icon":"","article_template":"","author_byline":"Natasha Bezuidenhout","background_color":"","block_editor":"","byline":"","cmplz_hide_cookiebanner":"","competition_end_date":"","contact_advertise_email":"","contact_advertise_phone":"","contact_editorial_email":"","contact_general_email":"","contact_general_phone":"","contact_office_hours":"","contact_physical_address":"","enabled":"","featured_image_custom_caption":"","featured_video_url":"","fields":"","font_body":"","font_header":"","frequency":"","headline":"","hide_border":"","icon":"","is_wp_suggestion":"","issuu_download_url":"","issuu_embed_url":"","language_version_url":"","large_border":"","name":"","nm_contact_name":"","nm_contact_number":"","nm_date_lost":"","no_overlay_background":"","node-url":"","obituary_born_date":"","obituary_died_date":"","obituary_memoriam_text":"","origin":"","overlay_color":"","overlay_opacity":"","overlay_size":"","placement":"","plural_label":"","post_author":"","post_id":"","post_language":"en","secret-key":"","sponsored_utm_campaign":"","sponsored_utm_content":"","sponsored_utm_medium":"","sponsored_utm_source":"","sponsored_utm_term":"","start_date":"","utm_suppression":"","video_embed_url":"","wp_pattern_sync_status":"","data_version":[],"enclosure":[],"pongrass_image":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_newspack_byline_active":false,"_newspack_byline":"","newspack_content_restriction_is_exempt":false,"scaip_prevent_shortcode_addition":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"publication":[],"class_list":["post-46135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach | People&#039;s Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fish Hoek police are urging residents to come forward and report any incidents of robbery and muggings taking place at the beach.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"People&#039;s Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T18:51:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-19T20:28:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Natasha Bezuidenhout\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thepeoplespost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thepeoplespost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"People&#039;s Post\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0\"},\"headline\":\"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-23T18:51:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-19T20:28:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":452,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2024\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach | People&#039;s Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-23T18:51:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-19T20:28:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Since the beginning of the year four cases of robbery at Fish Hoek Beach were reported to police. People should also be alert when visiting beaches such as Muizenberg (pictured).PHOTO: Supplied\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\",\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"description\":\"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Peoples Post\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/peoples-post-site-icon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/peoples-post-site-icon.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Peoples Post\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/thepeoplespost\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/peoplespostnewspaper\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@peoplespostnewsCPT\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0\",\"name\":\"People's Post\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"People's Post\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/novanews.co.za\\\/peoplespost\\\/author\\\/peoplespost\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach | People&#039;s Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach","og_description":"Fish Hoek police are urging residents to come forward and report any incidents of robbery and muggings taking place at the beach.","og_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/","og_site_name":"People&#039;s Post","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper","article_published_time":"2024-05-23T18:51:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-19T20:28:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Natasha Bezuidenhout","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@thepeoplespost","twitter_site":"@thepeoplespost","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"People's Post","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/"},"author":{"name":"People's Post","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/person\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0"},"headline":"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach","datePublished":"2024-05-23T18:51:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-19T20:28:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/"},"wordCount":452,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2024","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/","name":"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach | People&#039;s Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-23T18:51:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-19T20:28:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg","width":1440,"height":1080,"caption":"Since the beginning of the year four cases of robbery at Fish Hoek Beach were reported to police. People should also be alert when visiting beaches such as Muizenberg (pictured).PHOTO: Supplied"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/fish-hoek-police-call-on-residents-to-report-robberies-at-the-beach-20240521\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Fish Hoek police call on residents to report robberies at the beach"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#website","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/","name":"People's Post","description":"To Inform, Engage and Empower Local Communities","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#organization","name":"Peoples Post","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/peoples-post-site-icon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/peoples-post-site-icon.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Peoples Post"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PeoplesPostNewsPaper","https:\/\/x.com\/thepeoplespost","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/peoplespostnewspaper\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@peoplespostnewsCPT"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/#\/schema\/person\/a55ab3f8723ad7eb7c816b50d6f060e0","name":"People's Post","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7ea284cb64e6d80623a001a22682bdd8e89e02e917c1f92b662fe747122e799b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"People's Post"},"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/author\/peoplespost\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9f07ded512d0420a95784068ef412878.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53100,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/robbers-torment-residents-in-muizenberg-20220712\/","url_meta":{"origin":46135,"position":0},"title":"Robbers torment residents in Muizenberg","author":"People's Post","date":"12 July 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Police have stepped up visible patrols at Sunrise Beach in Muizenberg after multiple robberies in recent weeks.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3fd08383b4b24704bba0a77104c6b1b8.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3fd08383b4b24704bba0a77104c6b1b8.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3fd08383b4b24704bba0a77104c6b1b8.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/3fd08383b4b24704bba0a77104c6b1b8.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49284,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/it-is-not-the-fish-hoek-i-used-to-know-post-office-robbed-20230711\/","url_meta":{"origin":46135,"position":1},"title":"&#8216;It is not the Fish Hoek I used to know&#8217;: Post office robbed","author":"People's Post","date":"11 July 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Fish Hoek Post Office, a place that usually bustles with activity on Main Road, was eerily empty and quiet last week, days after an armed robbery incident on Monday 3 July.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5d456f3413a94db797056e7e87f9a5c3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5d456f3413a94db797056e7e87f9a5c3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5d456f3413a94db797056e7e87f9a5c3.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5d456f3413a94db797056e7e87f9a5c3.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5d456f3413a94db797056e7e87f9a5c3.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5d456f3413a94db797056e7e87f9a5c3.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":296701,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/police-needs-help-in-finding-suspects\/","url_meta":{"origin":46135,"position":2},"title":"Four armed men rob Noordhoek home at gunpoint in broad daylight","author":"People's Post","date":"14 January 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Four armed men held two workers at gunpoint during a house robbery in Crofters Valley, Noordhoek, stealing electronics and jewellery.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Crime","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e3ba68a2bc8d4be2bf37_11715.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e3ba68a2bc8d4be2bf37_11715.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e3ba68a2bc8d4be2bf37_11715.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e3ba68a2bc8d4be2bf37_11715.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/e3ba68a2bc8d4be2bf37_11715.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45832,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/police-confirm-crime-spike-in-kalk-bay-following-several-incidents-20240618\/","url_meta":{"origin":46135,"position":3},"title":"Police confirm crime spike in Kalk Bay following several incidents","author":"People's Post","date":"18 June 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The burglary and theft at a Kalk Bay home and a robbery at Woolies Pool has highlighted the rise in criminal activity.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Drug bust","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8df58ece84d848f7a024cf9e4aae1a90.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8df58ece84d848f7a024cf9e4aae1a90.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8df58ece84d848f7a024cf9e4aae1a90.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8df58ece84d848f7a024cf9e4aae1a90.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":54527,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/armed-robbery-at-high-risk-beach-area-20220214\/","url_meta":{"origin":46135,"position":4},"title":"Armed robbery at \u2018high risk\u2019 beach area","author":"People's Post","date":"15 February 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A woman was robbed at knife-point on Noordhoek Beach, a stretch of beach that is notorious for muggings, on Monday 7 February.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1092da9692be4700bf7efa6753762910.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1092da9692be4700bf7efa6753762910.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1092da9692be4700bf7efa6753762910.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1092da9692be4700bf7efa6753762910.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":302682,"url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/body-of-unidentified-man-washes-ashore-at-fish-hoek-beach\/","url_meta":{"origin":46135,"position":5},"title":"Body of unidentified man washes ashore at Fish Hoek Beach","author":"Keanan Harmse","date":"21 May 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Fish Hoek police have opened an inquest after an unidentified man\u2019s body washed ashore, the second such incident in two months.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cape Town","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crime-scene-tape-and-hand-600x400-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crime-scene-tape-and-hand-600x400-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crime-scene-tape-and-hand-600x400-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"People&#039;s Post","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46135"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=46135"},{"taxonomy":"publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication?post=46135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}