The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, May 7 to 13, were:<\/p>\n
1. Power out again: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1Np5LTS<\/a><\/p> Last Tuesday, many suburbs in Germiston were once again left without power. The Germiston City News was made aware of the problem and attempted several times to get comment from the metro as to the cause of the outage and when power would be restored.<\/p>\n 2. What is wrong with the Germiston power system?: http:\/\/bit.ly\/24HWpqL<\/a><\/p> Power failures are nothing new to Germiston residents. On Friday, May 6, several areas were left without power for most of the day as metro technicians installed a new circuit-breaker at the Germiston North Substation. Residents from other areas, such as Lambton, Tedstoneville, Primrose, Marlands, the Germiston CBD and Elspark, have contacted the GCN on countless occasions in a desperate attempt to find out what is happening. The GCN has contacted the metro each time a power outage has been reported, but often receives no comment.<\/p>\n 3. A number of areas to be without electricity on Friday: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rTGA2u<\/a><\/p>\n The Primrose CPF alerted the residents of Germiston to the fact that a number of areas would be without electricity on Friday, May 6. The planned electrical maintenance was due to take place between 8am and 5pm.<\/p>\n