The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week, February 2 to 8, were:<\/p>\n
Number of Germiston suburbs without power<\/strong><\/a><\/p> A number of Germiston suburbs were without power last Monday. Ward 36 councillor Wendy Morgan gave the GCN information regarding the power outages that affected the city.<\/p>\n Seven speedsters to face charges<\/strong><\/a><\/p> The EMPD High-Speed Unit was out on the N12 highway in Meadowdale, between Sam Green Bridge and the Edenvale Road off-ramp, last Sunday, to conduct speed law enforcement.<\/p>\n Loud music troubles Primrose residents<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Residents in Primrose have recently been plagued by extremely loud music coming from the Makause informal settlement. \u201cA number of residents in our area have been reaching out to our authorities to no avail,\u201d said Johan la Grange, a resident of Primrose. \u201cThe music is playing extremely loud right through the weekend \u2013 how can one expect to rest with such havoc surrounding our peaceful neighbourhoods?\u201d<\/p>\n Germiston roots run deep in family<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s a family rooted in Germiston which has lived through many ups and downs in the city. The GCN met four generations of women from the family, namely Lida van Zyl, Rennie Greeff, Charise Greeff and Amorey Staschik (1), recently.<\/p>\n Update: Rowing South Africa speaks following Germiston Lake tragedy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Rowing South Africa has shed some light on the tragic lightning strike that led to the death of a 19-year-old coach and the injury of a 14-year-old rower at Germiston Lake, recently. Both coach and rower, whose names are yet to be released, were affiliated to Somerset College in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)\u00a0<\/span>germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)\u00a0<\/span>leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Or add the GCN on\u00a0<\/b><\/span>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers\u00a0<\/span>Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Kempton Express<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\nHav<\/strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/h4>\n