{"id":70874,"date":"2014-10-16T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T12:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/70874\/why-does-the-metro-take-so-long-to-replace-water-meters\/"},"modified":"2014-10-16T08:40:14","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T06:40:14","slug":"why-does-the-metro-take-so-long-to-replace-water-meters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/10\/16\/why-does-the-metro-take-so-long-to-replace-water-meters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does the metro take so long to replace water meters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Germiston City News recently received a call from a disgruntled Homestead resident who has been having problems with his water meter since May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy water metre was stolen in May,&#8221; he said.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI immediately reported it to the metro and was given a reference number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Months passed and he continued to call the metro for assistance, but nothing was done.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The GCN approached the metro\u2019s department of communication and brand management and asked:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0When would the water meter be replaced?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Are steps being taken to reduce the theft of water meters in the metro?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Was a temporary connection put in place directly after the theft?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lebogang Ramashala, senior media officer, replied to our inquiry with the following statement: \u201cA temporary connection was made for the consumer when the meter was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe complainant&#8217;s problem was finalised with the installation of a new meter on October 3.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the numerous calls, it took approximately five months before the metro replaced the meter.<\/p>\n<p>Have you had a similar experience?<\/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='cbcea534e1637847e0e9f56ef274a8c2'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metro takes five months to replace water meter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":70948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,1002,1004,5196,1449,3862],"class_list":["post-70874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-stolen-water-meter","tag-water-meter","tag-water-meter-theft"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","metro","municipality","stolen water meter","water meter","water meter theft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70874","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=70874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}