{"id":215060,"date":"2019-08-18T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/215060\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-148\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T12:21:00","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-148","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/18\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-148\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, August 9 to 16, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/214630\/eskom-equipment-failure-cause-multi-suburb-power-outage\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Eskom equipment failure cause of multi-suburb power outage<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Several suburbs in Germiston are still without electricity last Tuesday morning. It is reported that the power went off last Monday night at approximately 10pm, due to an Eskom equipment failure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/214331\/whats-on-in-and-around-germiston-132\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What\u2019s on in and around Germiston<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>What is happening in and around Germiston.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/214542\/take-note-dont-forget-rock-blasting-take-place-russel-road-reservoir-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TAKE NOTE: Don&#8217;t forget rock blasting to take place at Russel Road Reservoir on Tuesday<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The community were reminded of rock blasting that took place at the Russel Road Reservoir on August 13 at approximately 2pm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/214338\/germiston-residents-battle-through-a-week-without-water\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Round-up: Germiston residents battle through a week without water<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a long and smelly week.\u201d These are the words of Ward 36 councillor Wendy Morgan following several days without water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/214596\/team-tackles-crime-issues-in-marlands-and-woodmere\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Team tackles crime issues in Marlands and Woodmere<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Burglaries, theft of vehicles and theft are all on the rise in Marlands and Woodmere. This is according to the Primrose police. In an effort to raise awareness and sensitise the community to these crimes, a team made up of officers from the Primrose Police Station, members of the Primrose SAPS Crime Prevention Youth Desk and local community patrollers took this initiative to the streets.<\/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\" 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