{"id":195737,"date":"2019-01-27T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/195737\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-123\/"},"modified":"2019-01-27T19:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T17:33:56","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-123","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/01\/27\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-123\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, January 19 to 25, were:<\/p>\n

Local football club celebrates matrics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>

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Many matrics across the city celebrated the end of their high school careers. Among them were local football club Puma Rangers\u2019 Atylegang Komane, Lesley Matare and Gift Masete.<\/p>

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Albemarle man brutally attacked at his home<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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A 63-year-old man was brutally attacked at his home in Albemarle, early last Thursday morning. Athol Nuttley went to take out his dustbin when he was accosted and assaulted by a number of assailants. According to Athol, they attacked him from behind and stuffed something in his mouth to prevent him from screaming.<\/p>\n

The three most dangerous snakes on the East Rand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Alleged armed robbers nabbed in Primrose<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Primrose police arrested four suspects, between the ages of aged 24 and 32, last Wednesday for an alleged armed robbery which happened in Rietfontein Road. The police were attending to a scene of the theft of a motor vehicle in Shamrock Road when four men came running towards them, and they heard bystanders shouting \u201cthey have a firearm\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tapiwa rises from tragedy to the top<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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After tragically losing both his parents in one day at the age of 17, Tapiwa Phiri had a troublesome matric year, but still managed to come out as a top achiever. Tapiwa lost his mother who had been battling depression one Sunday morning in 2017 and upon hearing the news, later the same evening, his ill-stricken father suffered a heart attack.<\/p>\n

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Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)\u00a0<\/span>germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)\u00a0<\/span>leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers\u00a0<\/span>Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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