In case you missed it, yesterday was World Physical Activity Day. The goal? To encourage all of us to get off our duffs and move around more—which is always a good thing. We know that adults who don’t get the recommended amount of exercise per week (at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity movement) are at a higher risk of diabetes, depression, cancer, and more. Science has also shown that not exercising can raise your risk of heart disease as much as obesity does. But the simplest reason to stay active? It makes you feel good.
Turns out Twitter users are all for working that body too. Here are six of the impressive stats and chuckle-inducing GIFs that were tweeted out yesterday, and made us want to get our sweat on asap.
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Yep, even waddling counts as exercise.
But there are endless ways to get your muscles firing.
Here's an impressive fact, courtesy of London's Newcomb Library: Walking briskly for just 75 minutes a week can add nearly two whole years to your life.
We love that Cancer Research UK called out dancing and gardening as alternative ways to raise your heart rate. Treadmill who?
No matter what kind of workout we're talking about, keep in mind that This Girl Can crush it.
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Cape Town – Thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Jacob Zuma took to the streets in pickets, marches and human chains across South Africa on Friday.
With their home-made posters and T-shirts and waving the South African flag, people shouted, “Zuma must go”, and “Zuma must fall” as motorists hooted in support.
Many were protesting for the first time ever in civil action sparked by Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle, which saw the finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas fired. The rand fell against the US dollar and S&P and Fitch downgraded the country’s credit ratings to “junk status”.
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula put the number of marchers at around 60 000 countrywide. Bloemfontein, Durban, Mbombela, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Cape Town were the main centres of marches.
She said data was still coming in, but at least one person had been arrested. She praised the protesters and the police for the mostly peaceful gatherings. She commended marchers for picking up litter afterwards.
The ANC said there had been no internal discussions about Zuma heeding the call to step down.
About 500 protesters made their way to the home of the Gupta brothers in leafy Saxonwold, Johannesburg, late on Friday.
Netwerk24 photographer Felix Dlangamandla was on the scene when pro-Zuma Black First Land First representatives shouted at anti-Zuma protesters and police fired stun grenades to separate the two camps.
In Johannesburg, four people were hit by rubber bullets. Another person suffered serious injuries during an attack, allegedly by ANC supporters, at Beyers Naude Square, near ANC headquarters Luthuli House.
Outside Luthuli House, camouflaged members of the party’s former military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, claimed to be protecting the building from anti-Zuma marchers.
In Pietermaritzburg, anti-Zuma picketers and about 200 ANC Youth League supporters clashed at City Hall. Police threw stun grenades at ANCYL members who were destroying a gazebo erected by the DA and throwing eggs at the demonstrators. One ANCYL member was arrested.
About 12 000 people marched in the centre of Cape Town. Smaller pickets took place along routes around the city, such as along the Table View beachfront and Newlands.
Some stone throwing and tyre burning were reported along Robert Sobukwe Drive and Valhalla Drive, although it was not immediately clear if it was protest-related.
President Jacob Zuma lay low for the day, but his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa said people had the right to march.
“We live in a democracy, so people have the right to express themselves. Freedom of speech, freedom of action, as long as this happens peacefully,” Ramaphosa told News24.
“We live in a free country,” he said. Following Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle, he said he found it difficult to accept claims that Gordhan could be involved in a plot to destabilise the country. This was apparently contained in an “intelligence report” Zuma relied on to justify sacking him.
DA leader Mmusi Maimane told a gathering at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg that Zuma, and not the country, was “junk”.
“We cannot wait for the ANC to self-correct. We need to forge a new path, and decide our own destiny,” he said.
In Polokwane, police used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse disgruntled Seshego residents who had blocked roads and forced shops to close as they joined the nationwide protests.
Meanwhile in Port Elizabeth, thousands of Nelson Mandela Bay residents gathered at the Vuyisile Mini Square outside the Port Elizabeth City Hall on Friday in solidarity with protesters around the country who took to the streets to call for Zuma to step down.
A festive atmosphere prevailed as many protesters danced to songs played over the PA system as they waited for the formal activities to begin.
The crowds were addressed by various speakers, facilitated by SaveSA co-organiser Mkhuseli Jack.
Among those who spoke was 17-year-old matriculant, Luthandolwethu Maboniswa, who became emotional as she called for Zuma to do the honourable thing and resign.
“This is a man who no longer knows between right and wrong, a man who does not care about the people.
“We can no longer stand by and let out country go to the dogs. We will not be silenced, we will not be intimidated and we will not allow corruption to rule over our beautiful land,” Maboniswa said through tears, to thunderous applause from the crowds.
Former Zuma allies such as Zwelinzima Vavi, Mosiuoa Lekota, and Save SA leader Sipho Pityana were at the various events.
JOHANNESBURG – Fitch ratings agency has downgraded South Africa‘s foreign and local currency ratings to sub investment grade, or junk status.
The agency says the country’s long-term ratings downgrade follows recent political events, including the Cabinet reshuffle, which Fitch believes will weaken standards of governance and public finances.
“In Fitch’s view, the cabinet reshuffle, which involved the replacement of the finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, and the deputy finance minister, Mcebisi Jonas, is likely to result in a change in the direction of economic policy.
“The reshuffle partly reflected efforts by the out-going finance minister to improve the governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). The reshuffle is likely to undermine, if not reverse, progress in SOE governance, raising the risk that SOE debt could migrate onto the government’s balance sheet,” the agency said in a statement.
Fitch said differences over South Africa’s nuclear programme may have contributed to Zuma’s cabinet reshuffle.
“Under the new cabinet, including a new energy minister, the programme is likely to move relatively quickly. The state-owned electricity company, Eskom, has already issued a request for information for nuclear suppliers and is expected to issue a request for proposals for nuclear power stations later this year.
“The treasury under its previous leadership had said that Eskom could not absorb the nuclear programme with its current approved guarantees, so the treasury will likely have to substantially increase guarantees to Eskom.”
Fitch said this would increase contingent liabilities, which are already sizeable.
“The new finance minister has stated that he does not intend to change fiscal policy and remains committed to expenditure ceilings that have been a pillar of fiscal consolidation.
However, Fitch believes that following the government reshuffle, fiscal consolidation will be less of a priority given the president’s focus on “radical socioeconomic transformation”.
This means that renewed shortfalls in revenues, for example as a result of lower than expected GDP growth, are less likely to be compensated by expenditure and revenue measures. This could put upward pressure on general government debt, which at an estimated 53% of GDP at end-March 2017 was already slightly above the ‘BB’ category median of 51%.”
Fitch said it believed that political energy would be absorbed by efforts to maintain party unity and fight calls for the president to step down.
It says if the country’s investment climate improves and there’s growth, the next review could be positive.
Fitch is the second rating agency to downgrade the country to junk status after Standard and Poor.
JOHANNESBURG – The SAPS conducted a search at the business premises of forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation.
Police spokesman Major General Sally de Beer said O’Sullivan has already appeared in court on this matter and the case was remanded to 19 May.
“The search was conducted in terms of a lawful search warrant which was produced to O’Sullivan’s attorney on the scene and involved on-scene extractions from certain electronic devices by forensic experts,” said De Beer.
De Beer said O’Sullivan was not present because he was not in the country. She said that the investigating officer was not informed of him leaving the country, which was a contravention of one of his bail conditions.
This would form part of the investigation and will be placed on record in court, she said.
“The SAPS must emphasise that no individual is above the law and that the police will continue to investigate without fear or favour. No person was taken into custody,” De Beer said.
O’Sullivan is currently under investigation and before the courts in connection with four other cases relating to various charges of fraud, extortion, kidnapping and one in terms of the Immigration Act, she said.
“Three of these cases have been set down for trial and one has been remanded with a trial date yet to be set. In three of these cases, members of the public are complainants.
Cape Town – SA Rugby CEO Jurie Roux says the possibility exists for the Springboks to ‘host’ internationals outside of South Africa.
Roux was speaking at SA Rugby’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Cape Town on Thursday.
According to Netwerk24, SA Rugby made the far-reaching adjustment to its constitution, meaning that the Springboks could play home Tests abroad – if the price is right.
“If you do it on a rotational basis and plan way in advance, I think it would be acceptable,” said Roux.
“We passed a fairly large constitutional change whereby we can decide to play home Tests outside the country should it make sense commercially.”
Prior to this amendment, the requirement was for all home Tests to be played in a stadium managed or approved by a provincial union.
Meanwhile, at the same meeting – SA Rugby’s 25th since re-admission – president Mark Alexander said the organisation’s vision remains to be the leading rugby nation in the world.
“In Kimberley on March 20, 1992, four different national rugby governing bodies came together to create the organisation that we now lead,” Alexander said in an SA Rugby statement.
“Now is the time to take stock of our journey and re-commit ourselves.
“We acknowledge that we have some way to go. We have made mistakes and we will not always get it right.
“But we have given South Africa moments of great joy and proved rugby’s supreme capacity to build our nation. Today, we must renew that journey.”
Alexander said the Springboks’ lowly World Rugby ranking (7th) meant that the organisation was starting the next 25 years from a historically low base.
“Let’s not beat about the bush; it turned out to be the toughest and most challenging year in a quarter of a century – both on and off the field,” he said.
“The fortunes of our business are chiefly determined by one over-riding factor: the performance of the flagship team. The form of the Springboks in 2016 was at its lowest ebb since rugby unity in 1992.
“The new era and new dawn we had all hoped for failed to materialise. But 2017 will be different.
“We have now held three coaching and two conditioning indabas and developed a coaching blueprint bought into by all our Super Rugby coaches. I would once again like to commend Johan Ackermann, Nollis Marais, Franco Smith, Deon Davids, Robert du Preez and Robbie Fleck for their fantastic co-operation, insight and support in this process. It has the potential to be truly game-changing for SA Rugby.”
Ministers holding a press briefing on nationwide protests said South Africans exercised their rights to march peacefully and thanked them for doing so. Police were also commended for protecting citizens.
Mapisa-Nqakula says it is not the first time where ordinary citizens generate intelligence reports. Give ministers space to investigate this.
Mapisa-Nqakula says it is not the first time where ordinary citizens generate intelligence reports. Give ministers space to investigate this.
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Police fired stun grenades to break up a hostile shouting match between pro- and anti-Zuma demonstrators outside the Saxonworld home of the Gupta brothers who own Oakbay Investments and have been accused of manipulating Cabinet appointments.
According to Netwerk24 photographer Felix Dlangamandla about 20 pro-Zuma Black First Land First (BLF) and about 500 anti-Zuma supporters almost came to blows outside the Johannesburg estate.
BLF supporters were shouting ”one settler, one bullet”, and accused the anti-Zuma protesters of benefiting in the past through land that was taken away from them.
As the altercation became more heated, police asked them to leave the leafy suburb, and then set off stun grenades to clear the area.
The house was guarded by private security, and police had come out from Norwood and Rosebank to assist the Public Order police.
The Gupta brothers Ajay and Atul have allegedly been having a behind the scenes say in who President Jacob Zuma appoints as Cabinet ministers, according to claims that have not been tested in court.
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