{"id":102410,"date":"2015-10-18T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/102410\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-topics-2\/"},"modified":"2015-10-16T14:08:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T12:08:13","slug":"have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-topics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/18\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-topics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Have your say on this week\u2019s hot topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two hot topics of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, October 10 to 16 were:<\/p>\n<p>1. Severe thunderstorm warning for Gauteng: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/980360235350015\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1PwCFAc<\/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\/lightning-21_34292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102412\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/lightning-21_34292-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"lightning-2(1)_34292\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/lightning-21_34292-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/lightning-21_34292-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/lightning-21_34292.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The South African Weather Service released a warning of severe thunderstorms, as well as veld fire conditions, last Wednesday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>You said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Angelique Smith Hoffman, \u201cYeah! Finally some rain.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Sizakele Heroine-Qhawekaz\u00ec Ngelosi, \u201cThat means I won\u2019t be jogging this evening.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Mpumelelo Sangquthu, \u201cIt\u2019s about time.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Darren Eardley, \u201cGreat.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Man falls down open manhole: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/979878922064813\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1RLMLN6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG-20150925-WA0004_84488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-102411\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG-20150925-WA0004_84488-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"IMG-20150925-WA0004_84488\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG-20150925-WA0004_84488-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG-20150925-WA0004_84488-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/10\/IMG-20150925-WA0004_84488.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Cook was injured after he fell down an open manhole on the corner of Fir Avenue and Peach Road in Primrose.<\/p>\n<p>You said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Barry Taylor, \u201cOnce again if the metro were to perform, as they should, this type of thing would not happen.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Jane Malan, \u201cHe can sue the municipality.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Emma Smith, \u201cDespite our complaints nothing will be done.\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='f4adb9bad6e78eabaefbc5c80a0f04fd'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook&#8217;s hot topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":102407,"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-102410","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\/102410","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=102410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}