{"id":257862,"date":"2020-05-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257862\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-177\/"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T14:23:24","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/05\/16\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-177\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, May 9 to 15, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257423\/germiston-saps-nabs-64-suspects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Germiston SAPS nabs 64 suspects<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>In a continued effort to curb crime in their precinct, the Germiston SAPS took to the streets in several operations between April 27 and May 6. The operations led to the arrest of 64 suspects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/251798\/men-nabbed-for-selling-cigarettes-worth-r100-000-illegally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Men nabbed for selling cigarettes worth R100 000 illegally<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>While on patrol in the Germiston CBD, members of the Germiston SAPS Task Team received information that members of the public were lining up to enter a block of flats in High Road. The officers rushed to the scene to investigate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257668\/woman-nabbed-for-selling-alcohol-in-katlehong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Woman nabbed for selling alcohol in Katlehong<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While on patrol in the Kwanele Section of Katlehong last Monday, members of the Katlehong SAPS Crime Prevention Unit arrested a 34-year-old woman on a charge of contravening the Disaster Management Act (Covid-19 Act).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257583\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-176\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Top five stories of the week<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In case you missed this week\u2019s top stories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257684\/metro-mitigates-covid-19-risks-at-the-workplace-by-screening-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Metro mitigates Covid-19 risks at the workplace by screening employees<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over 2 000 City of Ekurhuleni employees were recently screened for Covid-19 in line with the level four lockdown regulations that require screening of all employees returning to their workplaces.<\/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\" href=\"mailto:busiv@caxton.co.za\"><strong>busiv@caxton.co.za.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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