{"id":257583,"date":"2020-05-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257583\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-176\/"},"modified":"2020-05-08T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:30:26","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-176","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/05\/09\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-176\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, May 2 to 8, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/255739\/bikers-aid-communities-in-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bikers aid communities in need<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The lockdown has been hard on many people and hunger is starting to bite many families in Germiston. To help alleviate this problem the Crusaders Motorcycle Club (MC) South Africa visited Elsburg recently where they handed out food parcels to 160 families (which equates to about 720 people).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/254661\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-175\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Top five stories of the week<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>In case you missed this week\u2019s top stories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/252293\/delville-woman-last-seen-at-tavern-now-nowhere-to-be-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Delville woman last seen at tavern, now nowhere to be found<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Delville resident Samkelisiwe Promise Dlamini has been missing since February 29. The 30-year-old woman was last seen at Papas Tavern in Germiston.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/255671\/elsburg-businesses-help-those-in-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Elsburg businesses help those in need<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During these difficult times of the pandemic South Africans have become even closer despite social distancing. Small businesses within communities are stepping up to assist those in need in the communities they serve.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/253772\/several-suspects-arrested-in-katlehong-over-long-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Several suspects arrested in Katlehong over long weekend<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was another busy lockdown long weekend for the Katlehong police. Officers from the Katlehong police\u2019s Crime Prevention Unit, detectives from the Katlehong Police Station, members of the EMPD and members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) took to the streets of Katlehong in several weekend operations.<\/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=\"https:\/\/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 Busi Vilakazi (Journalist)\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" 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