{"id":92753,"date":"2015-06-28T07:18:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T05:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=92753"},"modified":"2015-06-26T14:24:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T12:24:02","slug":"in-case-you-missed-it-top-five-stories-for-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/06\/28\/in-case-you-missed-it-top-five-stories-for-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"In case you missed it &#8211; Top five stories for the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top four stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week June 19 to 26 were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Drug dealers nabbed in internet caf\u00e9 raid: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/92064\/drug-dealers-nabbed-in-internet-cafe-raid\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1LgU0fr<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/25GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92757\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/25GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"25GCNCRIMEDRUGMH1\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Members of the Germiston EMPD Crime Prevention Unit swooped on an alleged drug den in Edenvale. Working on a tip-off from a reliable source, the officers arrested three alleged drug dealers who were found selling the drug Kat at an internet caf\u00e9. The arrests took place at 2pm and Kat worth approximately R2 000 was confiscated from the trio.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Brutally attacked pensioner passes away: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/92078\/heini-witthoft-has-passed-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1G9xcaK\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/25GCNGENERALPASSMH.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92756\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/25GCNGENERALPASSMH-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"25GCNGENERALPASSMH\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\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<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Some residents will be without water this Saturday: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/92004\/some-residents-will-be-without-water-this-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1N1J7fu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/water-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92758\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/water-11-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"water (1)\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In order to make way for planned maintenance work, there was a planned water supply interruption which affected certain areas in Germiston on Saturday, June 20, from 8am to 5pm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0CPF warns the community to be vigilant: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/92191\/take-note-of-what-is-happening-around-you-in-your-neighbourhood\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1JfMaSS <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/theft1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92759\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/06\/theft1-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"theft\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Din-Al-View CPF is warning residents in Dinwiddie, Albemarle, Castleview, Union and Norton Small Farms that crime has increased drastically in their community. The CPF has stated that people need to be aware of their local surroundings, the movement of cars and the movement of pedestrians in their neighbourhood.<\/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='3405bcbf4fd50d54982fa545cc84986e'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you see this week&#8217;s top stories?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":92756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730,6962],"class_list":["post-92753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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","tag-top-stories-for-the-week"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson","Top stories for the week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92753","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\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}