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LES MILLS SPRINT is a 30-minute High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workout, using an indoor bike to achieve fast results. It’s a short, intense style of training where the thrill and motivation come from pushing your physical and mental limits with electrifying music. Moove Motion Fitness is the first gym chain in South Africa to launch Les Mills Sprint. On Wednesday, 5 February, Moove Motion Fitness Secunda introduced the programme to its members. The launch class was led by Les Mills Qualified Trainer, Belinda Boer.
“We really feel like this is the next evolution of Indoor Cycling for Moove,” Dean Wrigley, Regional Manager and Master Trainer at Moove, told The Bulletin. “It’s really important for our members who have been training a long time to continually evolve their fitness programme and Les Mills Sprint really amps it up and energises Indoor Cycling in a different way that leads to greater improvement and overall fitness. It’s also a great way to make friends and support each other.”
The beauty about this is that every 3 months, Les Mills launches a new class format for Sprint.
They put all the science and motivation together into a neat package and deliver it to the world. Our Moove Trainers learn all the new moves and workouts and put it all together to deliver it to our valued members.
Booking for a Sprint class is essential and more information is available at the Moove Secunda Club.

Nooi my as ‘n vriend op Facebook, en ek kan binne ‘n paar minute sien hoe jou lewe lyk. Of jy van visvang hou, watter soort musiek jy luister, wat jou politieke oortuigings is, wie jou vriende is, wie jou helde is. Ek sal selfs sien kan hoe jou kind op skool vorder, watter toekennings en grade hulle verwerf het, aan watter universiteit hulle studeer. Watter rugbyspan jy ondersteun. Daar sal dalk ook ‘n mooi collage wees van jou kinders se troufotos en videos, en die fraaiste fototjies van jou kleinkinders. Gelukkige fotos saam met vriende en familie. Ek sal ‘n duidelike beeld kan vorm oor jou sin vir humor, selfs jou innerlike begeertes, behoeftes en frustrasies deur die grappies wat jy plaas. Jou lewenservaringe kan gereflekteer word deur die aanhalings van bekendes wat jy plaas. Dikwels is daar ook kriptiese inligting van jou lewensinventaris op Facebook, juis deur dit wat jy nie plaas nie, sê jy baie: jou status sê jy is getroud, maar daar is geen foto van jou lewensmaat nie. Hoekom? Wat het verkeerd geloop? Jy het twee kinders, maar daar is net plasings en foto’s van een. Waarom is dit so? Jy plaas niks oor jou verlede nie. Is daar ‘n spesifieke rede daarvoor? Dan is daar ook die oordele wat duidelik uitgespreek word: “jy moet maar lekker slaap, jy wat my so in die rug gesteek het,” en ook :”jou dag sal kom.” Facebook word die slagveld waarop baie mense hulle eie gevegte voer, vir alle lesers om te sien, terwyl hulle meestal geen idee het van wie gepraat word of waaroor dit gaan nie. Dikwels kom politieke frustrasies ook sterk na vore op mense se facebookblaaie, twiets en WhatsAppboodskappe. Reaksie op leiers se uitsprake, nuusgebeure en skandale word blitsvinnig versprei op sosiale media. Sosiale tragedies word verwerk deur grappe daaroor te maak. Die ware aard van sosiale media is egter dat dit baie tydsgebonde is, en meestal heel oppervlakkig. Dis kwalik ‘n betroubare bron van enige iemand se ware self, en kan maklik gemanipuleer word om ‘n bepaalde beeld te projekteer. Agter baie fraai glimlagfototjies kan daar groot somberte en ongelukkigheid opgesluit lê. Facebook is ‘n eenvoudige en gewilde masker om agter weg te kruip.
Daar is ‘n ander bron, minder openbaar, maar veel meer analities, oor wie iemand werklik is. As jy ‘n persoon wil leer ken, gaan kyk rustig deur die boektitels wat op hulle boekrakke staan. Jou boeke is die skerp skalpel wat jou gemoed en geestelike leefwêreld vir ‘n paar ingeligtes oopmaak, wat tot in die diepste vesels jou wese dissekteer. Op ‘n stadium het ek van meer as die helfte van my eie boekery ontslae geraak. Hulle sommer net op ‘n hoop gegooi in my kantoor wat ek ontruim het, sodat elkeen wat wou hê, kon gaan haal. Maar, agterna beskou, dit was ‘n geestelike en emosionele amputasie, ‘n desperate poging tot katarsis, as’t ware ‘n rebelse verset teen die noodlot wat so paar jaar terug in my lewe ingegryp het. Verskeie boeke het oppervlakkige en soetsappige oplossings aangebied: Glo net, vertrou net. Alles sal regkom. Niks gebeur met jou waarvoor jy nie sterk genoeg is nie. Sewe stappe tot ‘n vervulde lewe. Maklik. Eenvoudig. Doen net dit of dat, dan sal jy floreer. Ad infinitum. Menings wat verdien om weggegooi te word.
Maar ‘n gebrek aan boeke veroorsaak ‘n vakuum in jou lewe. Jy stap soms by rakke en rakke boeke verby, en verwonder jou daaraan dat elkeen van daardie boeke ‘n neerlegging is van mense se denke en ervarings, die vormgewing van verbeelding en kreatiwiteit wat neergepen word sodat andere se lewens daardeur aangeraak en verryk kan word. Hoeveel ontelbare stories en onderwerpe daar in die lug is wat wag om geformuleer en neergeskryf te word. Sommige daarvan is legendaries, boeke wat jy bewaar en oor en oor lees. Die groot verlange, deur Leon Rousseau, oor die lewe van Eugene Marais. Kritik der Reinen Vernunft, deur Immanuel Kant. Sein und Zeit deur Martin Heidegger. Na die geliefde land. (Dit is ontstellend hoe akkuraat die omstandighede van vandag alreeds in 1972 deur Karel Schoeman in hierdie distopiese roman beskryf is.) William Shakepeare en Johann Wolfgang von Goethe se ewigdurende woorde, wat vandag nog net so relevant en onherhaalbaar wys is. Charles Dickens se Tale of two cities. Biografieë oor Suid Afrikaanse leiers sedert Sarel Cilliers tot Cyril Ramaphosa gee jou ‘n wyer perspektief op wat aan die gebeur is, en waarom. Dan daardie put van skatte wat ek ontdek het in Langebaan. Vakansiegangers en inwoners wat afskaal skenk houers vol boeke vir die plaaslike projek vir dierebeskerming by die dorpsbiblioteek. Op hierdie wyse het ek al my spookasemboeke wat ek weggegooi het, vervang met boeke van onskatbare waarde. NP van Wyk Louw, Lina Spies se volledige versameling digbundels, Antjie Krog, Herman Charles Bosman, Sheila Cussons. Teen R2-00 stuk. Calvijn se dik kommentaar op Psalms en die Johannes Evangelie. Teen R4-00. Rakke vol essays en romans deur bekende skrywers. Nie een duurder as R20-00 nie. My versameling Andrè P Brink is volledig, danksy die biblioteek.
Maar daar is vir my ‘n stuk hartseer in om deur die afslagboeke te soek. ID du Plessis se digbundel is voorin deur homself onderteken, en aan “Geagte vriend Jakobus” gegee, in 1957. Hoe het dit hier beland? Is dit werklik net R1-00 werd? Die kosbare reeks Kinders van die wêreld, volume 1-8, wat ek vir R20 gekoop het, is elkeen voorin beskryf met ‘n baie bewerige handskriffie. “Aan my liefste kleinkind Fanie, met liefde, jou Ouma. Kersfees 1967.” Fanie, hoe kon jy jouself so mutileer?
Hierdie kosbare woorde is meer werd as 1000 woorde op Facebook.

Would you like to be a reservist? Now is your chance!
For a number of years, communities bear the brunt of the police policies for not recruiting reservists. Successful squads, such as our own famous bike squad were disbanded. Now, finally, the police have started with an active campaign to recruit volunteers or reservists.
A reservist performs voluntary duty in the South African Police Service without any expectation of receiving compensation for such duty. The South African Police Service invites members of the community that is energetic, intelligent, physically and mentally fit and that is dedicated with the desire to serving the country on a voluntary basis as Reservists, to assist the South African Police in the fight against crime.
Successful Reservists will perform general functional policing duties in sectors at station level. As such, they will be carrying out one or more of the following functions: * Prevent, combat and investigate crime, * Maintain public order, * Protect and secure the inhabitants of the Republic and their property, * Uphold and enforce the law
In terms of the Regulations of the South African Reserve Police Service you may be called up by the National Commissioner to perform duties in order to strengthen and support the Police in performing its constitutional mandate as set out in Section 205 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and that you will not receive remuneration (unless so-called up).
Reservists will be expected to perform a minimum of sixteen (16) hours of voluntary duty per month.
Selected candidates will be invited to attend the Reservist Training Programme. The Reservist Training Programme will not be a once-off event and therefore successful candidates will have to avail themselves to attend the training sessions, after hours and on weekends due to your work commitments. The training will consist of Orientation, distance learning, contact sessions, formative and summative assessments. Interested candidates will have to avail themselves to attend certain Learning areas (Orientation to SAPS / Law / Community Service Centre / Crime Investigation / Crime Prevention / Street Survival). The appointment as Reservist will only be effected on successful completion of the prescribed training.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 2020-02-28 (applications received after this date, will be placed on a database, for consideration during the structured recruitment drive of the next financial year)
Visit: https://www.saps.gov.za/careers/downloads/advertisement_reservists_in_saps%202019_2020.pdf for more information.

The focus on Sniper Security over the past weeks made for interesting reading.
Unfortunately, it also resulted in the loss of 64 jobs according to the owner, Walter Stander.
The dispute between the former employees and Sniper Security took some nasty turns when some loyal to Walter claimed that they have received death threats and threats that they might be raped.
They also had to endure abuse in public with employees of a rival company allegedly hurling insults and abuse at the Sniper workers.
Walter phoned The Bulletin and said that he decided to close the business. “I have paid for my past but people still want to dig it out and shame me with it,” Walter said.
Sniper released the following statement to The Bulletin during last week:
Over the last few weeks, Sniper Protection Services has fallen victim to mediocre media sensation, instigated by a former disgruntled employee. We have been ridiculed, our lives have been threatened and our employees have been harassed while doing their work.
The picture painted by the media about the way I run our business is not only an insult to our employees and myself, it also does not give a true reflection of the day to day operations of our company.
We have offered our community which include the farmers a valuable service and we are proud of our employees for their effort and that they stood with us during this time. We also received many messages of encouragement and support from customers and friends while dealing with this unfortunate event.
We have not been offered a fair opportunity by the media, other than a second-rated “Whatsapp voice note “ to give an honest statement of the affairs of our business.
We have obtained legal advice and will handle the matter with our legal team.
Unfortunately, with all this in mind, as well as the negative impact this had on our business, employees and customers, we had to take a decision on the future of our company that will have a negative impact on the more than forty (40) employees we have employed.
As from today, Sniper Protection Services will cease its operations with immediate effect.
Yesterday we have paid all our employees, (those who have given us their banking details), their salaries for January 2020.
We thank our customers for the opportunity to have served them as well as our employees for their hard work and being part of our company.
As the late Elvis Presley said: Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it isn’t going away.”
We thank you.
Walter Stander
DIRECTOR
PSiRA also investigated Sniper Security and decided to suspend their registration. This effectively means that Sniper is no longer able to render services as a Security company.
Here is their statement:
PRIVATE SECURITY REGULATOR REINS IN SNIPER PROTECTION SERVICES
CENTURION, 06 February 2020- Post its media statement dated 23 January 2020, the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) has effectively suspended the registration of Sniper Protection Services and its Director, Mr Walter Stander, for alleged improper conduct.
Section 26 1(a) of PSiR Act 56 of 2001, prescribes that “If there is a prima facie case of improper conduct in terms of this Act, or of the commission of an offence referred to in the Schedule, against a security service provider, the Authority may suspend the registration of the security service provider, (a) pending the conclusion of an investigation or enquiry by the Authority into the alleged improper conduct.”
On the strength of the overwhelming evidence gathered, the Authority has therefore suspended all the operations of this security service provider.
The Authority is also considering the applicability of Section 26(4)(iii) which states that if the security officer/Director is deemed no longer a fit and proper person to render a security service; his or her registration could be withdrawn.
Accordingly, in line with the provisions of Section 26(3) of the Act, the effect of this suspension means that Sniper Protection Services and/or its Directors may not render any security service unless the prior written permission of the Authority has been obtained, but during the period of such suspension the security service provider is still bound by all the obligations of a registered security service provider provided for in the Act.

The Bulletin received calls from concerned friends and colleagues regarding an alleged assault on the editor, Encee van Huyssteen. He was told that a journalist was assaulted by a group of people on Thursday night. While the editor has received threats and even death threats it never resulted in violence against any of The Bulletin’s staff members. The Bulletin has earned a reputation for bringing news from danger areas and will continue to do so.
Attacking journalists would not help the cause of the people.
The Bulletin obtained a press statement from The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) regarding the assault of a freelance journalist and two other people, one of which represents UNICEF.
The statement is placed as received!
SANEF Statement:
February 8, 2020
The South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) condemns, in the strongest terms, the physical assault of Frayintermedia journalist, Desmond Latham; a female staff member; and a female employee from UNICEF by a group of men at eMbalenhle township near Secunda on Thursday evening.
At about 4.45 pm on Thursday, Latham and his colleagues were filming a project for UNICEF on children in eMbalenhle township. They had no idea that there was a conflict about an ongoing battle at eMbalenhle township where the VUKTA taxi association is fighting a local bus company, Megabus.
“We had stopped at the side of the road (corner R546 and eMbalenhle road) to film Secunda. The men out of the blue assaulted us. We had no idea what was going on other than they were criminals engaged in a robbery – and they were extremely angry and determined to assault journalists.”
“It was only when we arrived at the police station that the SAPS informed us of the tension and the road had been a flashpoint for taxi drivers who had been gathering there for a few days forcing people out of buses.
“There has been no report about this (story), and we were attacked without warning… Police were involved because the UNICEF person is from Brazil,” said Latham.
“These men are punching women. They appear to be (allegedly) hired by the association… The taxi company is targeting reporters,” he said.
SANEF is deeply concerned that journalists are increasingly facing violence and intimidation for exercising their fundamental right to freedom of expression in this country. Women journalists face specific dangers and are especially vulnerable and sometimes subjected to mob-related violence when covering public events, often in reprisal for their work.
As a result, they suffer from trauma and the emotional impact of experiencing physical attacks which lead to anxiety, insomnia, irritation and or post-traumatic stress disorder, which can cause incapacitating feelings of horror, fear and despair.
SANEF was told that while the victims were not severely hurt, the attackers stole their Canon 5D and lens and damaged their vehicle.
Lathan warned journalists who may be heading to Secunda to keep a sharp eye out for “mobs of men”. A case of assault and robbery was registered at eMbalenhle police station.
SANEF believes that the intention was to intimidate journalists so that they are reluctant to write, research or speak about the territorial battle and violence in the taxi industry in Mpumalanga.
SANEF joins UNESCO and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in efforts to strengthen the capacity of Member States to implement, voluntarily, mechanisms to prevent attacks against journalists, to protect journalists, and to prosecute the perpetrators of these attacks.
We call on the Office of President Cyril Ramaphosa to take a leaf from UNESCO’s action plan that focuses on activities to raise awareness and train representatives of the judiciary, law enforcement agencies and parliaments on the importance of freedom of the press and the safety of journalists. A commitment to the protection of journalists allows journalists and media professionals to receive, produce and share information without facing physical or moral threats.