{"id":150924,"date":"2017-05-08T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T08:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/150924\/litter-is-shameful\/"},"modified":"2017-05-08T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T08:32:28","slug":"litter-is-shameful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2017\/05\/08\/litter-is-shameful\/","title":{"rendered":"Litter is shameful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Diana Kent, Primrose, writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the elections, the streets of Primrose were so clean and women would walk around with bags cleaning the streets.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Now potholes fill the roads and trash lines the streets of Primrose.<\/p>\n<p>When you go to other countries the streets are beautiful.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>I am ashamed of South Africa and its mess.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>, Leigh Hodgson (journalist)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>or Puleng Sekabate<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:pulengs@caxton.co.za\">pulengs@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a 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