{"id":226293,"date":"2019-12-19T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/226293\/rainy-day-does-not-stop-workers-from-helping\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T14:56:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T12:56:39","slug":"rainy-day-does-not-stop-workers-from-helping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2019\/12\/19\/rainy-day-does-not-stop-workers-from-helping\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainy day does not stop workers from helping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Diana Kent, Elandsfontein writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I recently discovered a huge leak at the bottom of my garden.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>I phoned the number on my municipal statement and got through to the call-taking centre; however, after the welcome message it cut me off.<\/p>\n<p>I then contacted my ward councillor, Graham Gersbach, sent him a photo of the leak and asked if he could help me with the problem.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Within 10 minutes he sent me a reference number.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, in the pouring rain, four Ekurhuleni employees arrived and sorted out the problem.<\/p>\n<p>I thank them very much for their work on a Sunday in the rain.<\/p>\n<p>They were all lovely people with such a good attitudes, many thanks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 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