{"id":99603,"date":"2015-09-12T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-12T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/99603\/top-four-stories-for-the-week-4\/"},"modified":"2015-09-11T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T12:22:58","slug":"top-four-stories-for-the-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/09\/12\/top-four-stories-for-the-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Top four stories for the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top four stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week September 5 to 11 were:<\/p>\n<p>1. CPF warns residents to make sure they are alert, crime is increasing: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/98265\/cpf-warns-residents-to-make-sure-they-are-alert\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1NMUdIt<\/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\/09\/HIJACK_11917.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99607\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/HIJACK_11917-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"HIJACK_11917\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/HIJACK_11917-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/HIJACK_11917-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/HIJACK_11917.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Housebreakings and the theft of motor vehicles are on the increase; this is according to the Primrose CPF.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>2. Alleged plane crash at Rand Airport: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=99247\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1L5TZL5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/COXkvYmXAAAmX_W_55487.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99605\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/COXkvYmXAAAmX_W_55487-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"COXkvYmXAAAmX_W_55487\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/COXkvYmXAAAmX_W_55487-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/COXkvYmXAAAmX_W_55487-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/COXkvYmXAAAmX_W_55487.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GCN had received reports that a plane has crashed at Rand Airport. It was later discovered it was not a crash. No official comment was received from Rand Airport.<\/p>\n<p>3. Emergency water supply interruption affects parts of Germiston: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=98756\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1LZlZRY<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/water5_77008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99606\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/water5_77008-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"water(5)_77008\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/water5_77008-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/water5_77008-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/water5_77008.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Residents from several Germiston suburbs were left without water for days. Frustrated with the lack of information they received from the metro they contacted the GCN to try and get clarification on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>4. Germiston\u2019s water woes continue: <a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/98941\/germiston-residnets-water-woes-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1XAKPLl<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Construction2_47486.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-99604\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Construction2_47486-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"Construction2_47486\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Construction2_47486-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Construction2_47486-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/09\/Construction2_47486.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The metro informed residents and businesses in Germiston that technicians from the metro were conducting an investigation to locate the cause of the water loss in parts of Germiston, last Monday.<\/p>\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='026c1303c46d568eef0fbd08560a01fe'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you seen this week&#8217;s top stories?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":99604,"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],"class_list":["post-99603","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"],"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\/99603","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=99603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}