The top five stories on www.germistoncitynews.co.za for the week December 12 to 17 were:
1. Former Germiston resident inducted as Bishop: https://bit.ly/1Ib14e0
Former Lambton resident Rev Gary Rivas, one of the founding ministers of Gracepoint Church, was inducted as the bishop of the Central District of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.
2. Lighting up Christmas: https://bit.ly/1IWj4sD
If you would enjoy something festive to look at this Christmas, take a drive past 99 Hatfield Avenue, Dinwiddie. The house, owned by Dries and Heleen Venter, is full of light and cheer and is sure to put you in the festive mood.
3. EMPD arrest seven speedsters: https://bit.ly/1Met6jo
A male radio presenter for a North West radio station was among the seven speedsters arrested recently on the Albertina Sisulu (R21) highway, near the R562 bridge, in the Olifantsfontein area. Two of the arrested drivers were caught doing 227 and 206km/h in a 120km/h zone.
4. Young women, baby assaulted, then drowned in boiling water: https://bit.ly/1OWCjS4
Two young women in their teens and a seven-month-old baby boy were murdered in Katlehong recently. They were declared dead on scene by paramedics.
5. Metro relaxes water restrictions: https://bit.ly/1NmMlLI
The metro is lifting the water restrictions which were executed last month to curb the water shortages experienced throughout the province. Cooperation by residents and business consumers, as well as the advent of seasonal rainfall which has cooled temperatures, have ensured that reservoirs remained stable over the past weeks.
