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These 5 Women Look Like They Lost Weight—but They Actually Gained

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It’s a mystery many successful dieters encounter: Why do they feel lighter and fit better into their clothes when the scale tells them that they’ve actually gained weight instead of dropped pounds, as they expected?

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Five women who experienced this phenomenon took to social media to share their thoughts and side-by-side images. If you’re trying to shed pounds, listen to their advice to never track your progress solely by what the scale says.

“3 years, 6 kilos and a new bikini,” @yolaforthewin wrote under her before and after posts, showing her 6-kilogram (13-pound) weight gain. “Weight is just a number … and that’s about it.”

“I’m 25 pounds heavier, fitter, and wear a size 6 versus a 14 (for those that care),” said @bananas.gets.fit of her photos. “The purpose of this post is to show you what the scale says does not matter, take your measurements, take progress photos and stay consistent.”

“I am 15 lbs heavier than I was at my lowest weight last year in November,” @kaylegetsfit shared in her transformation post. “When you are on a healthy eating plan and working out regularly (for me it’s 6 days a week) AND LIFTING your body composition changes dramatically. Throw your scales away people!”

“I am 10 pounds heavier, in the right picture, than I am in the left,” @schlutowk captioned this before-and-after photo. “The scale is meaningless, folks. Your weight doesn’t matter.”

“Scales are stupid,” Natalie Bunting said, revealing that she had gained close to one pound since starting her fitness regimen. “And I’m willing to post a bikini photo in order to prove it.”

Butternut Squash-Kale Hash

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How to Make It

Step 1

Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; cook, stirring often, until onion is caramelized, about 10 minutes; add garlic in final 2 minutes. Add kale, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring, until kale has wilted, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a plate.

Step 2

Increase heat to medium-high. Add remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons butter to skillet; cook until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Add squash and nutmeg; spread in a thin, even layer. Cook, without stirring, until deeply browned on bottom, about 5 minutes. Gently stir; cook, without stirring, for 1 minute. Gently stir in onion mixture; remove from heat.

Step 3

Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat. Break eggs into skillet; cook for 3 minutes for sunny-side up or to desired doneness.

Step 4

Divide hash among 4 plates. Top with eggs. 

News24.com | ‘No body, no injuries’ after firearm discharged near Madikizela-Mandela’s home

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“No one shot, no one injured, and no one has died”.

These were the words of Minister of Police Bheki Cele on Saturday night following reports that there was a dead body found near the home of the late Mama Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Earlier in the day police said they were investigating an incident that apparently took place outside struggle stalwart Madikizela-Mandela’s home on Friday night.

There was a strong police presence outside the home on Saturday morning.

Cele said an ex-combatant of the ANC’s MKMVA fired shots about 2km from the home.

“MK members should not be doing this. We are dealing with this matter and dealing with the ex-combatants. In the morning I confirmed no body injured.”

He said police were in the area earlier in the day to pick up spent cartridges.

“A police investigation unit picked up some cartridges. They need to pick it to see the caliber of weapon and see if it is not linked to other crime scenes.”

‘Unacceptable’

Random discharging of weapons was unacceptable, Cele said.

“If you commit any form of crime including shooting in the air, [you] will be arrested and face [the]consequences of things [you are] not supposed to do.”

He said police had beefed up security in the area with Tactical Response Teams (TRT) patrolling.

“We have pushed up the deployments in the area. We have TRT here and on Vilikazi street, so people can enjoy life without interference.”

Cele said that he would personally meet with ex-combatants of the MKMVA. He said he had met with ex-combatant commanders earlier in the day.

Also read: Police probe ‘incident’ outside Madikizela-Mandela’s home

Sport24.co.za | Lions’ mastery leaves cold front in Cape

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Rob Houwing, Sport24 chief writer

Cape Town – It may now require a disastrous Australasian tour by the Lions for any other team in the South African conference to haul them in for best possible knockout seeding domestically in Super Rugby 2018.

Swys de Bruin’s charges have reached the halfway mark of their 16-game ordinary-season programme … and celebrated with a thumping 52-31 triumph over the fast-fading Stormers at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday.

The result seemed to underline in a bright, felt pen that the Lions – significantly resurgent after a ropey few weeks – remain the front-line South African hope for the overall title, only echoing what happened in 2016 and 2017 when they were tournament runners-up each time.

By earning this full-house victory over their southern rivals, the Johannesburg outfit, with 25 log points, also romped to particularly clear-cut supremacy in the conference, now 11 points clear of the second-placed Sharks (although the homeward-bound side from Durban have a game in hand).

The Stormers, meanwhile, stay marooned on 13 points, failing for a second week in succession to bag anything at all from a derby – they had also been beaten 33-23 by the Bulls last time out.

With three wins from eight matches, they have it all to do just to make sure they qualify for the knockout phase, and much introspection required during their merciful, bye fortnight.

The Lions have also recaptured top spot competition-wide, but it is a deceptive status because a handful of teams, breathing right down their necks, boast games in hand.

Still, they should enjoy their own bye weekend more than the Stormers, given that it prepares them both mentally and physically for the demands of a four-match sequence across the Indian Ocean: Waratahs, Reds, Hurricanes and Highlanders.

It was a thoroughly revitalising win, secured by eight tries to four and with a multi-layered, skill-laden strategic approach that rather showed up their too-predictable-by-half Cape visitors.

As SuperSport pundit and former Springbok coach Nick Mallett so rightly observed afterwards, the Stormers badly overdid the policy of “playing off No 9 to a forward” and the Lions cashed in ruthlessly on turnovers – which came all too easily from the dominant likes of Malcolm Marx and Kwagga Smith on the deck.

Behind the scrum, left wing Madosh Tambwe had a dream match for visits to the tryline – even if the bounce was often splendidly in his favour – registering four all of his own, including the hat-trick being bagged as swiftly as the 17th minute.

That is the stuff of sporting comic heroes, isn’t it?

Just as influential in the Lions backline were flyhalf Elton Jantjies and fullback Andries Coetzee, especially for their kick-related decision-making, whilst Springbok right wing Ruan Combrinck, back after a lengthy absence through injury, had some extremely satisfying moments as he felt his way back into the first-class fray.

A battery of Bok-capped Stormers players left the park with tails firmly between their legs, although exceptions included the immense Pieter-Steph du Toit – he carried the ball like a man possessed at blindside flank – and tighthead prop Wilco Louw, who sometimes covered the park more like an athletic loose forward, despite his 130kg, to aid the (often dreadfully shaky) defensive cause.

Although they have two weeks to lick their wounds, the Capetonians can’t yet claim that the recent “derby curse” is behind them – their next outing is against the Sharks at Kings Park.

Right now, Robert du Preez’s side look a better SA bet to keep at least some heat on the Lions, given that their two-match New Zealand leg went immeasurably better than the pair of earlier fixtures in Australia.

They beat the Blues, and many rugby fans universally who saw their latest game against the Hurricanes will still be scratching their heads as to how they were pipped at the post (38-37) in the tour closer after the most gallant of shifts … or shall we say for 82 of the fateful 83 or so minutes?

If the Sharks reproduce their physical, high-tempo NZ form frequently enough back home – they now look forward to eight of nine remaining matches being on South African soil – there could still be a sting to the tail in the local conference.

Next weekend’s fixtures (home teams first, all kick-offs SA time):

Friday, April 13

Hurricanes v Chiefs, – 09:35

Saturday, April 14

Sunwolves v Blues – 05:05

Rebels v Jaguares – 07:15

Highlanders v Brumbies – 09:35

Waratahs v Reds – 11:45

Sharks v Bulls – 17:15

Byes: Lions, Stormers, Crusaders

*Follow our chief writer on Twitter: @RobHouwing

eNCA | WATCH: Cele says no body found near Mama Winnie home

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JOHANNESBURG – There were reports issued stating that a body had been found near the home of the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

This follows allegations that shots were fired by MK Veterans outside her house in Soweto last night.

Police Minister Bheki Cele briefed the media outside the Mandela residence in Soweto.

READ: UPDATE: Cele to clarify reports of a body found near Mama Winnie’s home

Cele has clarified that the reports no body was found dead near the residence.

Earlier Cele explained that members of the Umkhonto we Sizwe military veteran’s association (MKMVA) were responsible for firing several gunshots outside the residence.

Spent cartridges could be seen on the pavement across the road.

Cele said no injuries were reported.

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News24.com | At least 3 dead after vehicle smashes into diners in Germany

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At least three people died Saturday when a vehicle ploughed into busy cafe and restaurant terraces in the German city of Munster before the driver shot himself dead.

Images on social media showed smashed and upturned tables and chairs strewn across the pavement outside an eaterie in the centre of the picturesque medieval city.

At least 20 people were injured, six of them seriously, according to police, while media reports said the driver had been behind the wheel of a delivery van.

A police spokeswoman in the western city, Vanessa Arlt, told AFP that the driver of the vehicle “shot himself”.

“The perpetrator drove into several cafe and restaurant terraces in a major square in the centre of Muenster,” Arlt added.

Police spokesman, Andreas Bode, said it was “too soon” to call the incident a deliberate attack.

According to the online edition of the Spiegel magazine, German authorities were “assuming” the incident was an attack, though there was no immediate official confirmation of a motive.

“Terrible news from Muenster,” German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer said in a tweet, saying local police were providing regular updates.

“Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones.”

Avoid the city centre

Images broadcast by German television showed police and firefighting vehicles clustered around a street in the centre of the city of 300 000 people.

Armed police were deployed and officers urged residents to avoid the city centre to allow investigators to get to work.

Germany had long warned of the threat of more violence ahead after several attacks claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, the bloodiest of which was a truck rampage through a Berlin Christmas market in December 2016 that left 12 people dead.

The attacker, Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri, hijacked a truck and murdered its Polish driver before killing another 11 people and wounding dozens more by ploughing the heavy vehicle through the festive market in central Berlin.

He was shot dead by Italian police in Milan four days later while on the run.

Germany has since been targeted again in attacks with radical Islamist motives.

In July 2017, a 26-year-old Palestinian asylum seeker wielding a knife stormed into a supermarket in the northern port city of Hamburg, killing one person and wounding six others before being detained by passers-by.

German prosecutors said the man likely had a “radical Islamist” motive.

And at the end of October, German police arrested a 19-year-old Syrian identified only as Yamen A. suspected of planning a “serious bomb attack” using powerful explosives.

IS also claimed responsibility for a number of attacks in 2016, including the murder of a teenager in Hamburg, a suicide bombing in the southern city of Ansbach that wounded 15, and an axe attack on a train in Bavaria that left five injured.

Germany an ISIS target

Germany remains a target for jihadist groups, in particular because of its involvement in the coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and its deployment in Afghanistan since 2001.

German troops in the anti-ISIS coalition do not participate in combat operations but support it through reconnaissance, refuelling and training.

Germany’s security services estimate there are around 10 000 Islamic radicals in Germany, some 1 600 of whom are suspected of being capable of using violence.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has allowed in more than one million asylum seekers in the past two years – a decision that has driven the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which charges that the influx spells a heightened security risk.

IS also claimed several similar attacks in Europe, including a rampage along Barcelona’s Las Ramblas boulevard in August 2017 that killed 14 and left more than 100 injured.

The deadliest such incident in recent years was in the French resort city of Nice in 2016, where a man rammed a truck into a crowd on France’s national July 14 holiday, killing 86 people.

Handy Man

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Handy man in Kwazulu-Natal | Other Professions | Job Mail | 4214905

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General Maintenance/ Handy man

Our Client in Durban is seeking to employ a General Assitance/ Handy man for their Durban Branch.

Must be able to do the following:

  • painting, high level cleaning etc
  • Plumbing
  • fixing toilets
  • unclogging drains etc.)

Minimum Requirements 

  • Matric
  • Must have a welding certificate 
  • Must live in the Durban Area only

Successful candidates please send cvs to karushak@transman.co.za

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Receptionist – Property (durbanville, Cape Town)

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RECEPTIONIST – PROPERTY (DURBANVILLE, CAPE TOWN) in Western Cape | Other Sales/Marketing | Job Mail | 4204043

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An Energetic and Vibrant Leading Independent Property Investment and Marketing company based in Durbanville is looking for a Young and Well presented Receptionist to join their team.

RECEPTIONIS REQUIRED IN DURBANVILLE

Requirements:

  • 1 – 2 years’ experience as a Receptionist
  • Experience within a Property/ Real Estate industry an advantage
  • Must be fluent in English and Afrikaans
  • Must be Well Presented and Well Spoken
  • Organised and able to work under pressure
  • Computer Literate   

Applicant must reside in DURBANVILLE or surrounding area.

Only South African citizens, who are suitably qualified, live in the applicable area and meet the requirements of the position are eligible to apply for this vacancy.

Please take note: if you have not been contacted within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Please visit our website www.mprtc.co.za to upload your CV or for more information.

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Social Media Marketing Expert

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We are looking for a driven Social Media Marketing Specialist to attract and enhance clients’ social media presence.

This position includes interacting with customers, promoting brand-focused interactive and engaging content. Works with the marketing team to create innovative social media campaigns.

Responsibilities

  • Build and execute social media strategy through competitive research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging, and audience identification
  • Generate, edit, publish, and share daily content (original text, images, video or HTML) that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take action
  • Set up and optimize client pages within each platform to increase the visibility of client’s social content
  • Create editorial calendars and syndication schedules
  • Continuously improve by capturing and analysing the appropriate social data/metrics, insights, and best practices, and then acting on the information
  • Grows and expands company social media presence into new social media platforms, plus increases presence on existing platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram

Requirements

  • Proven working experience in social media marketing
  • Excellent consulting, writing, editing (photo/video/text), presentation and communication skills
  • Demonstrable social networking experience and social analytics tools knowledge
  • Adequate knowledge of web design, web development, CRO and SEO
  • Knowledge of online marketing and good understanding of major marketing channels
  • Positive attitude, detail and customer oriented with good multitasking and organisational ability
  • Fluency in English
  • Degree in Communications, Marketing or Social Media,

eNCA | Absa Premiership welcomes Highlands Park

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JOHANNESBURG – Highlands Park Football Club will rejoin the Absa premier league next season after coming out tops in the National First Division. 

The “Lions of the North” gained automatic promotion to the premier league of South African football after thrashing the University of Pretoria (amaTuks) on Saturday. 

Highlands still have four games left in the first division season, but top the log with 59 points, a lead that cannot be surmounted by any of their competitors. 

(Source: http://www.psl.co.za)

The team are coached by Owen da Gama, who has turned their fortunes around in just one season. They faced relegation last season with then coach Gorden Igesund. 

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