including 1964. Often the band would record an average mark of 99 percent overall. (Music performance, drumming, bugle and trumpet ensemble, along with drill, dress and discipline). The school boasted a very large and active music centre for a number of years, which grew largely due to the work of the late George Burgess. The various jazz and concert bands that were the product of the music centre recorded various long playing records, won awards in various Eisteddfods and national competitions and appeared on television. Sadly, due to education department budget restructuring, the music centre was closed. The school still enjoys the singing of an excellent choir. The rowing club, which won the South African National Championships in 1980, is still flourishing, and the oarsmen and women compete at all the school regattas. Notable people Notable people to come from Germiston include: Dr Sydney Brenner, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Hestrie Cloete, world champion in high jump Neville Colman, hematologist and DNA expert John Cundill, journalist and playwright Jeannie de Gouveia (better known as Jeannie D), TV presenter, media personality and founder of Finery Gin. Trevor Denman, an American sportscaster and public-address announcer specialising in thoroughbred horse racing Arlene Dickinson, South African-Canadian entrepreneur Mike dos Santos, strategist, dancer and writer Ernie Els, golfer who attended Delville Primary School and Jan de Klerk High School. Malcolm Marx, South African rugby player (2019 Rugby World Cup winner) Ted Grant, Trotskyist politician and theorist Bertha Gxowa, anti-apartheid and women's rights activist and trade unionist Pierre Issa, Lebanese South African former footballer Albert Johanneson, professional footballer and first black player to play in the FA Cup Bobby Locke, professional golfer, winner of four Open Championships André Nel, South African cricket fast bowler Sir Hugh Saunders, air chief marshal Stanley Skewes, mathematician Helen Suzman, anti-apartheid activist and politician Marie Warder, journalist who went on to champion the cause of hemochromatosis References External links East Rand Populated places in Ekurhuleni Populated places established in 1886