{"id":92697,"date":"2015-06-29T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/92697\/two-hot-topics-on-facebook-for-the-week\/"},"modified":"2015-06-29T09:29:50","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T07:29:50","slug":"two-hot-topics-on-facebook-for-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/06\/29\/two-hot-topics-on-facebook-for-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Two hot topics on Facebook for the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two hot topics of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, June 19 to 26, were:<\/p>\n<p>1. Germiston\u2019s load shedding woes: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/926106437442062\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1Cy307S<\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Residents of Germiston have voiced their frustrations about the ongoing load shedding.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92699\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/lightbul_611367347_14591.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-92699\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/lightbul_611367347_14591-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"faulty power cable cause of power outage in parts of Germiston.\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/lightbul_611367347_14591-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/lightbul_611367347_14591-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/lightbul_611367347_14591.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">faulty power cable cause of power outage in parts of Germiston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you had to say:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Elmarie Ellis said, \u201cI live in Hazel Park and I know there are many other towns that are not affected by load shedding. Roodepoort is one of them, I have family living there they do not get load shedding. How is it that only certain towns get load shedding?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. Brutally attacked pensioner passes away: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/924180227634683\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1dk8lc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heini Witthoft, who was attacked in his Primrose home last year, has passed away. Heini passed away on June 9. The GCN told the story of how Heini (then 78) and his wife Kitta (then 73) were attacked in their home by two thugs on March 14 (GCN April 25, 2014).<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you had to say:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Ann Alvern, \u201cMy deepest condolences to his wife and family, I am really sorry for your loss. May he rest in peace and may God be with you all.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Daleen Terblanche, \u201cHeartfelt condolences.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Trisha Moolman, \u201cRIP, so heart sore.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Rene Wittstock, \u201cRIP, deepest sympathy to his wife.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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='28cf6fdc4fc754d5d12e171085c186c9'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have your say on this week&#8217;s hot topics on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":92698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[508,7,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-92697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92697","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=92697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}