{"id":67866,"date":"2014-09-04T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/67866\/resident-asks-the-metro-to-help-with-mini-dump\/"},"modified":"2014-09-03T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T13:34:29","slug":"resident-asks-the-metro-to-help-with-mini-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/09\/04\/resident-asks-the-metro-to-help-with-mini-dump\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident asks the metro to help with mini-dump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disgruntled Marlands resident Johan Esterhuyse is at his wits end with the mini-dump located close to his home.<\/p>\n<p>He recently called the GCN to report a series of problems he is having with the mini-dump located close to his home in Wit Street.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>His main concerns are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The rat infestation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He has experienced the number of rats in his home increasing.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>The people who have started living in the mini-dump.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These people are burning rubbish close to his homes boundary wall.<\/p>\n<p>He is also concerned about the sudden increase in the number of people in and out of the area, as he feels this could lead to an increase in the crime rate in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The GCN sent a query to the metro to find out what could be done about the situation and Themba Gadebe, of the metro\u2019s department of communications and brand management, responded with the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has appointed a contractor to manage, control and clean the mini disposal sites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActivities taking place outside the premises are not the metro\u2019s responsibly &#8211; although, on many occasions, these activities were reported to the EMPD and the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the community are advised to contact the policing entities to report any incidents.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='579d0f1392b7c55c55786b940aaa41b6'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mini-dump causes problems for local resident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":67970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Leigh Hodgson","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[1003,979,969,2730,1662,1002,4658,1004],"class_list":["post-67866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-marlands","tag-metro","tag-mini-dump","tag-municipality"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["Ekurhuleni","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","Marlands","metro","mini-dump","municipality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}