{"id":222552,"date":"2019-11-03T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T05:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=222552"},"modified":"2019-11-03T15:57:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T13:57:21","slug":"top-five-stories-week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/03\/top-five-stories-week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, October 19 to 25, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/222032\/empd-officers-pounce-on-alleged-drug-dealers-in-katlehong-south\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>EMPD officers pounce on alleged drug dealers in Katlehong south<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Two male suspects were recently arrested by members of the EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), following a tip-off, in the south of Katlehong, just after 2pm.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/222000\/police-investigate-albemarle-robbery-and-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police investigate Albemarle robbery and murder<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Germiston police have confirmed they are investigating a case of business robbery and murder after the KwikSpar in Albemarle was robbed last Thursday at about 6.20pm.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/221666\/saschia-spells-way-top\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Saschia spells her way to the top<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several Germiston High School learners were selected to represent Gauteng in the ATKV-Spellathon, recently. They were Saschia Mutongoza, Ofentse Malope, Sinalo Thomas, Tshepang Raseobi and Nuha Alli.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/222373\/take-in-a-movie-at-a-newly-upgraded-cinema-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Have the ultimate movie-going experience at Ster-Kinekor Carnival City<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carnival City\u2019s spectacular entertainment offering is continually evolving to deliver more choices and cosmopolitan experiences for its guests. Movie lovers are now promised an amazing cinema experience with the upgrade of the Ster-Kinekor cinemas at Carnival City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/221705\/police-local-company-help-girls\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Police, local company help girls<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a bid to help girls in their policing precinct, members of the Germiston SAPS and Germiston SAPS Victim Empowerment Centre visited three schools, recently. The police partnered with local company Johnson Matthey, which donated sanitary towels for the campaign.<\/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\" 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