{"id":174123,"date":"2018-03-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/174123\/fifty-years-of-being-in-love\/"},"modified":"2018-03-12T13:15:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T11:15:12","slug":"fifty-years-of-being-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/03\/06\/fifty-years-of-being-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Exclusive: Fifty years of being in love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where many are still in search of their soulmates, and many hope to marry their best friends, people like Gerda van Aswegen and her husband Johannes are ever so lucky to have met and still be married 50 years later.<\/p>\n<p>Gerda and Johannes met in 1967 in what they describe as \u201ca simple time\u201d, when Johannes lived and worked on a farm in Randfontein and Gerda lived in Randgate.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>For the full story be sure to get this week\u2019s GCN out tomorrow (March 7).<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173117\/siblings-find-each-other-59-years-later\/\" target=\"_blank\">Siblings find each other 59 years later<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/171510\/xyle-to-set-new-fashion-trends-in-germiston\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Xyle to set new fashion trends in Germiston<\/strong><\/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 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