{"id":108097,"date":"2015-12-13T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/108097\/mayor-gives-festive-greetings\/"},"modified":"2015-12-11T15:10:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T13:10:30","slug":"mayor-gives-festive-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2015\/12\/13\/mayor-gives-festive-greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor gives festive greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mondli Gungubele, executive mayor of Ekurhuleni has the following festive message for residents:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are approaching the end of yet another gruesome yet exciting year.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a very long and tiring journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs political parties we once again had our differences, but in the main we were able to continue with that which we are here to do \u2013 providing a critical service to our people.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, we can look back at a year that was and agree that we played our part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, there were service delivery protests here and there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, certain things did not go the way we would have planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe that as it may, the positives simply out-weigh the negatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is to wishing you, the people of this wonderful city, a relaxed and peaceful festive season which you must use to recharge your batteries so that when you return next year, you are geared to take on the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay this festive season fill your life with bright and precious moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt must bring you lots of sweet and pleasant surprises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo all the residents and various stakeholders, thank you once again for keeping us on our toes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to say thank you and add that it has been a pleasure working with you as always.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour devotion to the business of government continues to guide us as we pursue the mandate you gave us almost five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou remain our strategic partners and together we can build a much better Ekurhuleni.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you all take time off from a hectic year that was, please do so in peace and harmony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmbrace those next to you and make a difference to those less fortunate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter all, the festive season is a time of giving, so let us all play our part and make a difference to those in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRejoice in the spirit of the festive season with friends, family and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you will be travelling by any chance, obey the rules of the road mainly the following: do not drink and drive; have enough rest before talking the wheel; respect other road users; and make sure your vehicle is roadworthy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave a blessed Christmas and a blisteringly prosperous 2016.\u201d<\/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='7acf1fc919d36594bec22f6a22829961'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The executive mayor of Ekurhuleni has a Christmas message for residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":108098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8518,6],"tags":[1003,9194,979,969,1009,2734,1002,1004],"class_list":["post-108097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-opinion-edition","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-festive-message","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-mayor","tag-melissa-hart","tag-metro","tag-municipality"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Opinion","SubCategory":"Blogs"},"tag_labels":["Ekurhuleni","festive message","germiston","germiston city news","mayor","melissa hart","metro","municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108097","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=108097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}