{"id":114962,"date":"2016-03-08T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114962\/pipe-bursts-in-simmerfield\/"},"modified":"2016-03-09T10:53:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T08:53:58","slug":"pipe-bursts-in-simmerfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/03\/08\/pipe-bursts-in-simmerfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Pipe bursts in Simmerfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A burst pipe in Hollins Road, Simmerfield, had allegedly still not been repaired when a furious resident recently called the GCN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI first reported the burst pipe to the metro on January 26 and have reported it a number of times since,\u201d she said.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The resident claimed that water from the pipe could be seen leaking through a water meter and into the street.<\/p>\n<p>The GCN sent a query to the metro to discover if the metro was aware of the problem.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>If so, why had the problem not been addressed since January and when would the pipe be repaired?<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for the metro, Themba Gadebe, responded, stating that, \u201cThe metro\u2019s plumber went on site to conduct an inspection, but no leak was found.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114659\/no-respect-for-the-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">No respect for the dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/114572\/when-will-metro-repair-brug-street\/\" target=\"_blank\">When will metro repair Brug Street?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/113348\/germiston-washed-away-by-water-leaks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germiston washed away by water leaks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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