{"id":157863,"date":"2017-08-07T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/157863\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-facebook-topic-47\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T09:40:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T07:40:35","slug":"have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-facebook-topic-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/08\/07\/have-your-say-on-this-weeks-hot-facebook-topic-47\/","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 28 to August 4, was:<\/p>\n<p>Story &#8211; Body of an elderly man found with raincoat shoved down his throat \u2013 0 shares<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>An elderly man was recently found dead in his home in Silverton, Pretoria, the Centurion Rekord reported. Silverton police spokesperson, Capt Jan Sepato, said the 78-year-old man was living with a family member.<\/p>\n<p>You said:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Sonia Swarts, \u201cWhat type of person kills a 78-year-old man, ties him up and shoves a raincoat down his throat? How sick minded is that? Nobody of that age can even protect themselves.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Gideon Sanders, \u201cWell if he had been found alive, it wouldn&#8217;t have been news.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Join the conversation and have your say by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Germiston City News\u2019 Facebook page<\/a>.<\/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 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<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='7ff39504aff82e44ec6fbe1f9a837422'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the conversation with the hot topic on Facebook this 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