{"id":101544,"date":"2015-10-04T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/101544\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-two-hot-topics\/"},"modified":"2015-10-04T08:15:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T06:15:18","slug":"have-your-say-on-this-weeks-two-hot-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/04\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-two-hot-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Have your say on this week\u2019s two hot topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two hot topics of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, September 26 to October 2, were:<\/p>\n<p>1. Temporary load reduction to be implemented in parts of Germiston:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/974641959255176\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1JJ7U3O\u00a0<\/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\/10\/electricity_91582.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-101546\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/electricity_91582-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"electricity_91582\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/electricity_91582-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/electricity_91582-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/electricity_91582.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The metro informed residents and businesses of a power supply interruption that affected parts of Germiston and its surrounding areas on Thursday. The interruption was due to a problem on the network supply from Eskom, which feeds the Germiston area.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>You said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Chantelle Taylor, \u201cWho do I send my take-away food bill to, since Ekurhuleni shuts down power during breakfast and dinner times, when we have to prepare meals for our families?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Annette van Niekerk, \u201cI am in Albemarle and get the impression Ekurhuleni is trying to save money on their account to Eskom &#8211; why is the power off during \u201cpeak times\u201d for maintenance work? Surely when you do maintenance it is not from 5pm to 9pm?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Couple left devastated after early morning fire destroys home: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/973058986080140\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1FKJLPE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG_6401_89659.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-101545\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG_6401_89659-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6401_89659\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG_6401_89659-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG_6401_89659-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG_6401_89659.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Lambton couple have been left devastated after their home in Eighth Avenue was burnt to the ground last Sunday. It has been reported that the fire started at around 7.15am. The home\u2019s owner, Johan du Plooy, told a journalist from the GCN that he believes it was an electrical fire, caused by something in his wife, Julie\u2019s, home office.<\/p>\n<p>You said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Dawn Crowe, \u201cSo sad, just glad they are safe.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Dolla Le Roux, \u201cAi dis vreeslik hartseer.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Sarie Rothman, \u201cDank die Vader hulle is veilig. Die veiligheidsdienste in die land is beroerd.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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='134fecbe2bbe89cf8e6f18d659ad7b1e'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have your say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":101545,"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-101544","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\/101544","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=101544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}