{"id":94695,"date":"2015-07-20T08:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/94695\/two-hot-topics-of-facebook-this-week-2\/"},"modified":"2015-07-20T09:45:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T07:45:12","slug":"two-hot-topics-of-facebook-this-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/07\/20\/two-hot-topics-of-facebook-this-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Two hot topics of Facebook this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two hot topics of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, July 10 to 17, were:<\/p>\n<p>1. Train set alight at Germiston Station: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/936124603106912\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1ObpyBn<\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/29GCNCRIMETRAIMH1_53474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94696\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/29GCNCRIMETRAIMH1_53474-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"29GCNCRIMETRAIMH1_53474\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/29GCNCRIMETRAIMH1_53474-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/29GCNCRIMETRAIMH1_53474-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/29GCNCRIMETRAIMH1_53474.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) teams rushed to the Germiston Train Station Tuesday evening to fight a train fire. Eric Maloka, media liaison for DEMS, told the GCN the fire was started by disgruntled commuters as there was a delay in the train service between Germiston and Kseseni.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>You said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bekifa Sambo, \u201cBut to be honest PRASA is failing us. I am using a train when I go to work, the trains are always late and full.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Kerrin Few, \u201cThat&#8217;s right, well done, now you don&#8217;t have a train to catch. How stupid can you be, just because there is a delay what reason does that give you to destroy what isn&#8217;t yours?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Adele Putter, \u201cVery clever, from late to nothing.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. How to claim for damages from the municipality:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/posts\/936734279712611\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/on.fb.me\/1HyMcC4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/Customercarecentr_20901.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-94697\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/Customercarecentr_20901-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Customercarecentr_20901\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/Customercarecentr_20901-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/Customercarecentr_20901-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/07\/Customercarecentr_20901.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Accidents happen and claiming for those misfortunes can be tedious if you are not aware of the proper processes to be followed. What many metro residents may not know is that they can lodge a claim against the metro for any losses or damages that are the result of wrongdoing on the part of the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>You said:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Debbie Dodd, \u201cHow to claim? Will I still be alive when they pay out I wonder?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Jolandie Koekemoer, \u201cThe metro will always have an excuse.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Marlene Tucker, \u201cThen try prove they were negligent. Your word against theirs, I doubt anyone will get anywhere.\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='5195c0c465ead169abde136c7b751f33'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have your say on this week&#8217;s hot topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":94696,"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-94695","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\/94695","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=94695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}