{"id":225414,"date":"2019-12-08T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T04:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=225414"},"modified":"2019-12-08T18:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T16:10:33","slug":"top-five-stories-week-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/12\/08\/top-five-stories-week-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, November 30 to December 6, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224858\/elsburg-residents-want-an-end-to-power-outages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Elsburg residents want an end to power outages<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Residents in Elsburg are at their wits\u2019 end as they have had to learn to deal with extended power outages. In recent weeks the suburb has had to deal with two of these prolonged power outages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224556\/old-criminal-modus-operandi-resurfaces-in-katlehong-north\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Katlehong North police warn of \u2018prophet\u2019 scam<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Katlehong North SAPS is sending a stern warning to the community after an old modus operandi used by criminals to gain entry into residents\u2019 homes recently resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/225239\/germiston-saps-warns-of-internet-car-buying-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Germiston SAPS warns of internet car selling scam<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the festive season approaches, the Germiston SAPS has noticed a scam doing the rounds on the internet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224288\/local-educator-honoured-for-her-hard-work-and-dedication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Print Exclusive: Local educator honoured for her hard work and dedication<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a day of celebration at Ithembelihle Lsen School, in Primrose East. The occasion? The school\u2019s chief education therapist and therapy head of department (HOD), Kuvendri Moodley, recently won the Woolworths Phenomenal Woman Award, and was celebrating the achievement with the school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224563\/hospital-strives-for-a-greener-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hospital strives for a greener future<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeamwork makes for dream work, that is what I say.\u201d These were the proud words of Bertha Gxowa Hospital environmental health practitioner Zama Cele after the hospital received the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH) Waste Green Health Challenge Award for their waste management efforts.<\/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\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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