Have your say on this week’s hot Facebook topics

The hot topics of conversation on the Germiston City News Facebook page for the week, June 18 to 24, were:

1. SPCA tackles severe case of animal hoarding — 43 dogs confiscated: https://bit.ly/28PJJrO

In one of the most severe cases of animal hoarding ever encountered by the Germiston SPCA, 43 Maltese terriers were confiscated from a house in Sunnyridge, on June 7. Trainee inspector Thabang Mabaso received a complaint of overcrowding and dogs not being cared for adequately at a home in Sunnyridge. He managed to make contact with the owner and arranged to get access to the house on June 6. Upon his arrival, Mabaso was shocked to find a large number of Maltese terriers living inside the house.

You said:

• Christine Mclaughlin, “They need to be prosecuted. I’m sorry but a slap on the wrist and all dogs being removed is not enough. This is giving her/him the opportunity to just go out and get more dogs, and then this time next year the SPCA will be back and remove dogs again.”
• Stella Bedeaux, “Why are these people not prosecuted?”
• Patricia Boyes, “This is shocking. How does anyone live like that? Thank you to the SPCA.”

2. Roads blocked by burning rubbish, tyres as residents protest: https://bit.ly/28RooN7

Protestors took to the streets surrounding the Makause informal settlement in Primrose, on Wednesday morning, burning tyres and rubbish. Stanley, Pretoria, Shamrock and Main Reef roads, around the settlement, were blocked off by rocks and piles of burning rubbish. EMPD officers stationed themselves at all the intersections to warn motorists and redirect traffic away from the area.

You said:

• Jean Adlam, “A never-ending story, they want houses, they want jobs, promises are made and not delivered on. But who do they continue to vote for?”
• Debbie Dodd, “How on earth could the municipality promise them houses? There are about 30 000 people living in there where would the money come from?”