{"id":88025,"date":"2015-04-28T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/88025\/metro-sets-up-xenophobia-hotline\/"},"modified":"2015-04-28T13:43:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T11:43:24","slug":"metro-sets-up-xenophobia-hotline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/04\/28\/metro-sets-up-xenophobia-hotline\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro sets up xenophobia hotline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a sign of commitment to curb prejudice against foreign nationals, the metro, in partnership with Vodacom, has established a dedicated hotline for people to report xenophobia related violence.<\/p>\n<p>The hotline began operating last Tuesday and is a temporary channel which will be discontinued when the threats are over.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>This service is free, accessible and the municipality guarantees callers anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can dial *134*422# to access the services using any phone; it is not limited to smart-phone or 3G connectivity.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The caller will need to provide their details, such as the area where there is a threat and a short description of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>All reported incidents will be routed by the metro\u2019s customer relations management correspondence centre to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the related articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/87802\/deputy-minister-of-defence-and-military-veterans-speaks-to-the-victims-of-xenophobia\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWe have our freedom because of your support\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/87821\/victims-of-xenophobia-go-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">Victims of xenophobia go home<\/a><\/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='94261009f7184d107bd03a9781a587c5'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call this hotline to report xenophobia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":86787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[509,8515,2],"tags":[989,979,969,2734,1000,7247,7162,7246],"class_list":["post-88025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-note","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-crime","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-melissa-hart","tag-primrose","tag-report-attacks","tag-xenophobia","tag-xenophobia-hotline"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["crime","germiston","germiston city news","melissa hart","primrose","report attacks","xenophobia","xenophobia hotline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88025","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=88025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}