{"id":186419,"date":"2018-09-09T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/186419\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-107\/"},"modified":"2018-09-09T21:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T19:29:19","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/09\/09\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-107\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, September 1 to 7, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/185847\/the-three-most-dangerous-snakes-on-the-east-rand\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u00a0The three most dangerous snakes on the East Rand<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The warm weather means snakes will now be up and about after a long period of hibernation, hungry and in search of food. From mid-August until late May it is snake season. More than 80 per cent of all snakebites in South Africa occur between January and April and in the early evening with people accidentally stepping on snakes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/185858\/have-you-seen-casandra\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ALERT: Teenager goes missing in Primrose, have you seen her?<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Police and family members are searching for Casandra Casey-Lee de Waal who went missing in Primrose on August 22. The 16-year-old left her home to go and visit a friend but never reached her destination.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/186211\/environmental-health-practitioners-take-food-off-ekurhuleni-spaza-shop-shelves\/\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental health practitioners take food off Ekurhuleni spaza shop shelves<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ekurhuleni environmental health practitioners have taken items which pose a health hazard, such as meat that did not indicate the sell-by date, expired and rotten food, and unlabelled frozen mixed veggies, off the shelves during the recent spaza shop inspections across the metro.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/185449\/more-members-beef-up-equestrian-unit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>More members beef up EMPD Equestrian Unit<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three metro police officers recently became fully-fledged members of the EMPD Equestrian Unit following an intensive six-week basic course. The officers underwent their training at Pro Equestrian based in Fairleads, Benoni.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/186135\/huge-traffic-delays-truck-gets-lodged-bridge-r24-towards-gilloolys-interchange\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Huge traffic delays after truck gets lodged under bridge on R24 towards Gillooly\u2019s Interchange<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A truck got lodged underneath a bridge on the R24 heading towards the Gillooly\u2019s Interchange last Monday evening which caused a massive evening traffic backup on the highway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e 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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCNnews\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCblgxW6BRXTLGLQvpcumLqA\">YouTube<\/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 class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/\">Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/\">Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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='1f318fa4ae5f9fcbeedc85b5ad6234d1'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed this week\u2019s top stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":186423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Germiston City News 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