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Tabletalk - May 21, 2025

Tabletalk Description:

Publisher: Independent-Media-Newspapers

Category: Newspaper

Language: English

Frequency: Weekly

The Tabletalk is a free weekly community newspaper available in print and digital format, and is distributed to 67 673 readers’ homes every Wednesday in the Blouberg, Table View, Milnerton, Edgemead, Bothasig, Tygerhof, Sanddrift, Richwood, Blouberg Strand, Milnerton Ridge, Summer Greens, Melkbosstrand, Sunridge, Flamingo Vlei, West Riding, Duynefontein, Van Riebeeckstrand, Sunset Beach, West Beach, Parklands, Phoenix, Sunningdale, Blouberg Sands, Killarney Gardens, Montague Gardens, Sunset Village, Sunset Links, Big Bay, Joe Slovo Park, Century City Residential, Dunoon, Royal Ascot, Brooklyn, Rugby and Paarden Eiland areas.

In this issue

May 21, 2025

Station gets new junior commissioners

The Table View policing precinct has introduced its three Junior Commissioners of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Table View.

1 mins

'Our waters remain toxic, our wetlands are dying'

This decision has sparked criticism from watchdog groups, notably RethinkTheStink, which assert that the directive is in defiance of a 2021 commitment that prohibited further extensions.

2 mins

Run for human trafficking survivors

Damian Jutzi is running the Slave Route Challenge half marathon on Sunday June 1 in support of Not I But We, a social enterprise that provides skills training and employment for human trafficking and gender-based violence survivors.

2 mins

Help for Joe Slovo fire victims

The Community Chest of the Western Cape in partnership with the Department of Social Development visited Joe Slovo fire victims on Monday, May 19, to handover aid to 45 households.

1 mins

City responds to metro-wide rise in rodent population complaints

Parkands, Khayelitsha, Langa, Crossroad and Westridge are the top five areas with the most reported rodents, the City of Cape Town said.

1 mins

Police seize R1 million in cash and stolen bank cards from Parklands suspect

A 38-year-old foreign national has been arrested after police found a substantial amount of currency and several bank cards in his possession last week in Parklands.

1 mins

Unpacking people, money and networking

Here is the fourth and last in the series on starting your own business.

4 mins

Author invented romance hero while she was sleeping

Lockdown events created a soup in Nuhaa Bardien’s brain, which boiled together into a character called Titan while she slept.

2 mins

'Massive milestone for Manenberg' says star player

Don't be surprised if you see Manenberg's “dancing” teacher, Mogammed Shukr Hartzenberg, bobbing around with an extra bounce in his step this week, following his brother Suleiman's 50th appearance for the Stormers and a man-of-the-match award, in his side's 34-24 win in a United Rugby Championship match against Cardiff, at Cape Town's DHL Stadium, last Friday.