Police believe that a syndicate is targeting homes in Constantia and its surrounds after a spate of robberies in the area in recent weeks.
Five robberies have taken place in Groot Constantia, Constantia, Diep River and Kirstenhof over the past three to four weeks.
Diep River police spokesperson Keith Chandler said the robbers were targeting farms, security complexes and big properties along private roads.
It was often difficult to patrol these areas, he said, because the properties were huge and some areas, such as parts of Constantia, did not always have sufficient street lighting to allow for adequate visibility.
In the latest robbery, a 25-year-old woman's cottage on Groot Constantia Estate, was broken into in the early hours of Friday morning.
The woman, a teacher at a Rondebosch primary school, was sleeping when three men broke into her house.
Chandler said one stood over her with a screwdriver, while the other two raided her cottage for valuable items.
They took all that they could carry - a laptop computer, an iPod and jewellery - before escaping on foot.
Chandler said four similar incidents had taken place in Constantia and its surrounds - also in the dead of night and on isolated properties by a group of men who took valuable items.
He believed the suspects might be watching the movements of residents during the day to see which houses would make good targets.
Chandler warned residents to be vigilant.
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