{"id":113350,"date":"2016-02-13T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113350\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-topics-6\/"},"modified":"2016-02-12T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T12:52:10","slug":"have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-topics-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/02\/13\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-topics-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Have your say on this week\u2019s hot topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hot topics of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, February 6 to 12, were:<\/p>\n<p>1. Damaged power cable causes power outage: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/1035037496548955\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1TfZz1J<\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The metro responded to residents\u2019 queries about a power supply interruption that affected parts of Germiston recently. \u201cThe interruption is due to a damaged 33KV cable that was drilled through by a contractor working in the Albemarle area,\u201d said metro spokesman Themba Gadebe.<\/p>\n<p>You said:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Vasthi Uys, \u201cTake less tea breaks and lunch breaks we need power.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Cherise Vogt, \u201cWe\u2019ve had daily power cuts for hours on end for a week. No explanation but hey what else is new.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Jolandie Koekemoer, \u201cPathetic excuses.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Walter En Erica, \u201cStop your promises and start working.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Jordan ready to explore the world: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/112736\/jordan-ready-to-explore-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1LdtZKb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jordan van der Merwe has had his second cochlear implant successfully switched on. The implant was fitted in December and switched on, on January 19.<\/p>\n<p>You said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Denise Erasmus, \u201cJordan is absolutely beautiful. He is such a lucky boy.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Retha Crous, \u201cI&#8217;m glad to say that I\u2019ve met this adorable little boy and he is an absolute joy to be around.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Francois du Toit, \u201cTruly a great moment.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/02\/06GCNGENERALJORDLH1_30602.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113352\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2016\/02\/06GCNGENERALJORDLH1_30602-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"06GCNGENERALJORDLH1_30602\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/02\/06GCNGENERALJORDLH1_30602-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/02\/06GCNGENERALJORDLH1_30602-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2016\/02\/06GCNGENERALJORDLH1_30602.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/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='a4b8ab86ad3bdd1ff0725be9e465a1cf'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the conversation with the hot topics on Facebook this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":113351,"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-113350","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\/113350","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=113350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}