{"id":258200,"date":"2020-05-23T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/258200\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-178\/"},"modified":"2020-05-22T18:04:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:04:08","slug":"top-five-stories-of-the-week-178","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/05\/23\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-178\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, May 16 to 22, were:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/258043\/thirteen-arrested-in-katlehong-police-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Thirteen arrested in Katlehong police operations<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Thirteen suspects were arrested in Katlehong last Tuesday. Officers from the Katlehong SAPS\u2019s Crime Prevention Unit, detectives from the Katlehong Police Station and members of the EMPD made the arrests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257873\/ekurhuleni-to-disinfect-metros-25-taxi-ranks\/\"><strong>Metro to disinfect Ekurhuleni\u2019s 25 taxi ranks<\/strong><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The City of Ekurhuleni, in partnership with the taxi industry, Outsurance and the Church of Scientology, recently launched a taxi rank disinfection campaign at the Germiston Taxi Rank.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/258042\/elderly-woman-allegedly-recruits-young-boys-to-sell-dagga-and-cigarettes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Elderly woman allegedly recruits young boys to sell dagga and cigarettes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While on patrol in Delville on Tuesday afternoon, officers from the Germiston Police Station received a tip-off about six young boys selling dagga and cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257995\/pastor-celebrates-her-birthday-by-helping-the-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pastor celebrates her birthday by helping the community<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Past Julianah Socikwa from Christ Embassy Elsburg celebrated her 50th birthday on May 15. Socikwa decided to share more than cake on the day. She blessed the communities of Elsburg, Graceland, Tedstoneville and Ramaphosa with food parcels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/257862\/top-five-stories-of-the-week-177\/\" 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 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 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