{"id":227929,"date":"2020-01-19T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227929\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-162\/"},"modified":"2020-01-17T17:39:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T15:39:39","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/19\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-162\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, January 11 to 17, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227753\/several-germiston-suburbs-without-power-due-alleged-transformer-trips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Several Germiston suburbs without power due to alleged transformer trips<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>A number of Germiston suburbs were plunged into darkness on Thursday afternoon after alleged transformer trips.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227223\/learners-from-school-of-achievement-among-top-three-for-lsen-learners-in-gauteng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Learners from School of Achievement among top three for Lsen learners in Gauteng<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>School of Achievement celebrated a successful academic year in 2019 with two of its matric learners being named in the top three for Lsen learners in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227250\/hoerskool-goudrif-shines-in-matric-exams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Goudrif shines in matric exams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was smiles all round at Ho\u00ebrskool Goudrif last Wednesday as matric learners flocked to the school to collect their National Senior Certificate (NSC) results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227166\/germiston-high-school-learners-rejoice-in-their-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Germiston High School learners rejoice in their results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the long and anticipated wait, the 2019 National Senior Certificate (NSC) results have finally been released. Germiston High School learners gave a sigh of relief as they arrived at the school early to collect their results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/227482\/grateful-to-germiston-home-affairs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Grateful to Germiston Home Affairs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A grateful Ester Vilakazi (69), Thokoza writes, Germiston Home Affairs should be proud as they take such good care of the elderly.<\/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\" 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