{"id":156961,"date":"2017-07-26T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/156961\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-facebook-topic-45\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T07:01:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T05:01:36","slug":"have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-facebook-topic-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/07\/26\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-facebook-topic-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Have your say on this week\u2019s hot Facebook topic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hot topic of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, July 15 to 21, was:<\/p>\n<p><strong>National News &#8211; Woman shot 13 times on her way to catch a taxi: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2vrxPz6\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2vrxPz6<\/a><\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>A woman was recently shot 13 times while on her way to catch a taxi in Soshanguve, Pretoria. The woman was thought to be in her late 20s. Her body was found on the street in block NN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You said:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Andile Wela: \u201cThis is what happens when you pump a country full of guns and then do nothing to monitor those with guns or make no effort to get illegal guns off the streets.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Andrew MrLaptop: \u201cI once drove past a hit-and-run in Boksburg at about 9am in the morning. By 12.30pm the body was still lying in the road.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Sonia Swarts: \u201cJust another day in South Africa &#8211; sad but true.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Als France: \u201cI think the wild West was safer than South Africa.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join the conversation and have your say by visiting the Germiston City News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCNnews\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCblgxW6BRXTLGLQvpcumLqA\">YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Or add the GCN on<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<strong>BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/\">Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/\">Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kemptonexpress.co.za\/\">Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/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='46a0e9dc0cbe4f4af9458d9007d2bb4b'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the conversation with the 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