{"id":217161,"date":"2019-09-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/217161\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-151\/"},"modified":"2019-09-07T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T16:41:11","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-151","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/09\/08\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-151\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, August 31 to September 6, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216820\/chaos-reigns-germiston-cbd\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Chaos reigns in Germiston CBD<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Chaos and violence have erupted in the city, last Tuesday. The Germiston CBD was eerily quiet with shops lining the inner-city streets locked up tight. Even the Golden Walk, which is usually packed with customers, was closed, with roller doors blocking each entrance.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216688\/germiston-cbd-shops-closed-as-threats-of-violence-looting-circulate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Germiston CBD shops closed as threats of violence, looting circulates<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Threats of violence and looting were rife in the Germiston CBD last Monday morning. This was confirmed by Const Maxwell Mabunda, the communications officer for the Germiston police.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216907\/parents-rush-pick-children-following-unconfirmed-rumours-schools-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Parents rush to pick up children following unconfirmed rumours of schools being under threat<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parents of children attending Klopper Park Primary School rushed to pick up their children from school on Wednesday following unconfirmed reports of schools being under threat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216755\/incidents-public-violence-germiston-controlled-police\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Incidents of public violence in Germiston controlled by police<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A number of incidents of public violence and criminal activity were reported in the Germiston area last Monday.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216494\/whats-on-in-and-around-germiston-135\/\" target=\"_blank\">What\u2019s on in and around Germiston<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Looking for something to do? Check out the What\u2019s on.<\/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><\/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\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-210323\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/07\/Facebook.jpg\" 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