{"id":117277,"date":"2016-04-01T13:20:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T11:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/117277\/things-we-wished-were-april-fools-jokes\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T13:20:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T11:20:47","slug":"things-we-wished-were-april-fools-jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/04\/01\/things-we-wished-were-april-fools-jokes\/","title":{"rendered":"Things we wished were April Fools jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The drought<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;SA WOULD probably harvest 7.1-million tonnes of maize this year, 29% less than the 9.95-million tonnes reaped last year because of drought and late plantings, a government agency said on Wednesday.&#8221; BDlive<\/p>\n<p>Maize is a staple in many households in South Africa, with the drought, prices have increased tremendously. Other issues we&#8217;re facing are water restrictions and increase to meat prices.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/04\/drought.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101785 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/04\/drought.jpg\" alt=\"15 Nov 2015, South Africa --- Carcasses of livestock are scattered over the dried out Molatedi Dam in north west South Africa, which is experiencing its worst drought in decades, pictured 15 November 2015. Photo: Stuart Graham\/dpa --- Image by \u00a9 Stuart Graham\/dpa\/Corbis\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h2>Food prices<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;A 10 kg bag of onions costs between R70-R80 on the market floor, while in January it was R35. According to the market\u2019s average price information, the same bag of onions should have been R47. A seven kilogram box of tomatoes now costs R75 on the market floor, whereas it was selling for R35-R40 in January.&#8221; News24<\/p>\n<p>The huge hike essentially means we will be getting less produce for more money.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101962\" style=\"width: 973px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/04\/vendor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101962\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/04\/vendor.jpg\" alt=\"Vegetable and fruit vendor in Durban. Image: AFP Photo\" width=\"973\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vegetable and fruit vendor in Durban. Image: AFP Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Petrol price<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Including the additional 30c a litre fuel levy\u201a petrol is likely to see an increase of up to 83c a litre\u201a with diesel up around 95c a litre\u201a&#8221; the AA warned.<\/p>\n<p>Petrol prices like the above mentioned\u00a0affects everyone. Public transport users could also possibly face price hikes and will have to rearrange their transport budget. The infographic below shows how the petrol increase will affect you:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/04\/AA-e1459506103411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-101966\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/04\/AA-e1459506103411.jpg\" alt=\"PRICE OF FUEL\" width=\"690\" height=\"972\" \/><\/a><\/p>\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='9b2883d469a786b95c24c82ec8598f9c'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With it being April Fools Day here are some things we wish weren&#8217;t true. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7663,"featured_media":117278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117277","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\/7663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}