{"id":224263,"date":"2019-11-24T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224263\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-158\/"},"modified":"2019-11-24T16:21:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T14:21:15","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-158","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/24\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-158\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, November 16 to 22, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/223948\/alleged-drug-dealers-brought-to-book-by-empd-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Three alleged drug dealers found with drugs worth R17 500 in Katlehong<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>During routine crime prevention patrols in Katlehong recently, members of the EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) caught three men with narcotics. The men were allegedly found with rock, nyaope and Mandrax tablets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/223907\/alleged-drug-dealers-nabbed-in-marathon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Three alleged drug dealers found with dagga, rock and nyaope<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Patrolling EMPD Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) members arrested three male suspects allegedly found in possession of narcotics in the Marathon informal settlement, between 8am and 10am, last Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/223532\/saps-warns-truck-drivers-to-avoid-knights-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SAPS warns truck drivers to avoid Knights Road<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Germiston SAPS is warning truck drivers to find alternative routes due to the amount of robberies occurring on Knights Road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/223677\/reclaiming-the-streets-of-elsburg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Reclaiming the streets of Elsburg<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking back the streets of Elsburg.\u201d These were the stern words of Prince Rulashe ahead of the Elsburg community march against drugs, recently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224078\/delville-clean-up-a-great-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Delville clean-up a great success<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Determined to make a difference in the community, members of the LamDel Residents Association (RA) and 42 volunteers met at Menin Road circle in Delville last Saturday to clean up 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>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\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Ashley Kiley (Journalist)\u00a0<strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:ashleyk@caxton.co.za\">ashleyk@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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"62\" 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