{"id":100748,"date":"2015-09-28T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/100748\/top-stories-for-the-week-3\/"},"modified":"2015-09-28T10:20:31","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T08:20:31","slug":"top-stories-for-the-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/28\/top-stories-for-the-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Top stories for the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top four stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week September 19 to 25 were:<\/p>\n<p>1. Police warn children to be careful: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/100097\/police-warn-children-to-be-careful\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1KoxbSA<\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/south-african-polic_88524.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100749\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/south-african-polic_88524-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"south-african-polic_88524\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/south-african-polic_88524-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/south-african-polic_88524-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/south-african-polic_88524.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Germiston SAPS are warning school children to be alert and aware at all times. Capt Manaka George Raphulu, head of communications for the Germiston SAPS, said: \u201cSchool pupils are warned that they are being targeted by robbers, especially in the afternoons when they are walking home from school.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>2. Drugs worth over R250 000 found in Germiston CBD: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=100179\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1KTK5vm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/38GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1_13390.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100752\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/38GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1_13390-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"38GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1_13390\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/38GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1_13390-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/38GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1_13390-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/38GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1_13390.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Germiston SAPS made a huge drug bust, last Friday afternoon. \u201cUpon searching three suspects, aged between 24 and 28 years old, the police discovered a 20 litre bucket containing tablets and powder suspected to be drugs in white transparent bags,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Germiston Cluster SAPS.<\/p>\n<p>3. Women arrested for armed robbery: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/100385\/women-arrested-for-armed-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1KA2BWe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/armedrobbery-Custom_19109.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100750\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/armedrobbery-Custom_19109-520x390.jpeg\" alt=\"armedrobbery-Custom_19109\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/armedrobbery-Custom_19109-520x390.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/armedrobbery-Custom_19109-270x203.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/armedrobbery-Custom_19109.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Primrose police recently arrested two women, aged 28 and 35, on charges of armed robbery. Two laptops and a cellphone were stolen in the robbery.<\/p>\n<p>4. Police need help in tracing robbers: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/100096\/police-need-help-in-tracing-robbers\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1jgO3E9<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Stolen-property1_04703.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100751\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Stolen-property1_04703-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Stolen-property1_04703\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Stolen-property1_04703-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Stolen-property1_04703-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Stolen-property1_04703.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Primrose police are appealing to anyone who can help with information that could lead to the arrest of business robbery suspects. The robbery recently took place at the post office, in Sunnyridge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='6a1ce6fd050038ac903fd10e648684d1'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you seen this week&#8217;s top stories?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":100749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-100748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}