{"id":186509,"date":"2018-09-10T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=186509"},"modified":"2018-09-10T07:19:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T05:19:30","slug":"cemetery-poor-state-repair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/image-gallery\/general-news\/2018\/09\/10\/cemetery-poor-state-repair\/","title":{"rendered":"Cemetery in a poor state of repair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-186509 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/09\/10\/cemetery-in-a-poor-state-of-repair\/attachment\/36gcnmunicipalce_98057\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/36GCNMUNICIPALCE_98057-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-186479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/36GCNMUNICIPALCE_98057-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/36GCNMUNICIPALCE_98057-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/36GCNMUNICIPALCE_98057-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/09\/36GCNMUNICIPALCE_98057.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-186479'>\n\t\t\t\tRegular maintenance and grass cutting have not been taking place at the Thomas Titus Nkobi Cemetery in 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