{"id":216483,"date":"2019-09-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216483\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-150\/"},"modified":"2019-09-01T20:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T18:07:00","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-150","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/09\/01\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-150\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, August 23 to 30, were:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/215515\/be-on-the-lookout-for-these-vehicles-in-primrose-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Be on the lookout for these vehicles in Primrose<\/a><\/strong><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Primrose police are urging the community to be on the lookout for several suspicious vehicles that they believe have been used in the commission of crimes in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216195\/service-delivery-protest-erupts-in-germiston\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Service delivery protest erupts in Germiston<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Singing songs and chanting, a crowd of residents from the Knights informal settlement and Delmore marched through the streets of Germiston on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/215768\/man-28-jailed-for-dagga-dealing-in-germiston\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Man (28) jailed for dagga dealing in Germiston<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Germiston SAPS task team arrested a 28-year-old man on Main Reef Road last Friday morning while doing patrols in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/215516\/police-crack-down-on-illegal-sale-of-alcohol\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Police crack down on illegal sale of alcohol<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a recent patrol in the Rasta informal settlement, in Primrose, officers from the Primrose Police Station arrested two men. The suspects, aged 26 and 33 respectively, were arrested on a charge of dealing in liquor without a licence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/215567\/stop-and-search-operations-continue-in-katlehong-3\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Stop-and-search operations continue in Katlehong<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Katlehong police hosted another stop-and-search operation, recently. The operation, which led to the arrest of 11 suspects, continued with the Katlehong SAPS Crime Prevention Unit\u2019s ongoing efforts to curb crime in the area.<\/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><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Also follow us on:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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