{"id":235483,"date":"2020-03-08T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/235483\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-168\/"},"modified":"2020-03-06T16:14:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:14:46","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-168","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/08\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-168\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, February 29 to March 6, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/233969\/rand-waters-emergency-shutdown-05-pipeline-repair-leak-affect-germiston-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rand Water\u2019s emergency shutdown of 05 pipeline to repair leak could affect Germiston areas<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Rand Water scheduled an emergency shutdown of its 05 pipeline in order to repair a leak.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/233638\/be-on-the-lookout-for-these-vehicles-in-primrose-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Be on the lookout for these vehicles in Primrose<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The Primrose police are urging the community to be on the lookout for several suspicious vehicles that they believe have been used in the commission of crimes in the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/234831\/germiston-south-primary-puts-animals-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Germiston South Primary puts animals first<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Germiston South Primary School learners hope to make a difference in the lives of animals in need as part of their Making A Difference (MAD) Days project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/234496\/police-school-search-aims-to-curb-violence-in-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Police school search aims to curb violence in schools<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To combat the rise of violence in schools, officers from the Germiston Police Station, with other stakeholders, recently carried out searches at Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebrskool Germiston and Galway Primary School.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/234812\/no-injuries-in-elandsfontein-train-derailment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>No injuries in Elandsfontein train derailment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) responded to the scene of a train derailment at Elandsfontein Station on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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