🚨 NOW HIRING – DELIVERY BIKE DRIVERS 🛵🍕
PRETORIA EAST AREA ONLY
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in the fast food industry?
We're looking for South African Delivery Bike Drivers to join our team!
Minimum Requirements
✅ South African citizen
✅ Valid learner's licence or driver's licence
✅ Reliable, honest, and motivated
✅ Able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends
Required Documents
📄 Updated CV
🆔 Certified copy of South African ID
🪪 Copy of valid learner's licence or driver's licence
🏦 Bank confirmation letter
🎓 Highest school certificate
📑 SARS tax number confirmation/document
📧 Email your application to:
[email protected]
📍 Applications are for the Pretoria East area only.
HEALTH IS WEALTH
Overview of Turmeric's Health Benefits
Turmeric, a bright yellow spice commonly used in Indian and Southeast Asian cuisine, owes many of its potential health effects to its active compound, curcumin—a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. While turmeric has been used in traditional medicine for centuries, modern scientific research supports several benefits, particularly for inflammation-related conditions. However, curcumin's poor bioavailability (it's not easily absorbed by the body) means that consuming it with black pepper (which contains piperine to boost absorption by up to 2,000%) or in enhanced supplement forms is often necessary for therapeutic effects. Most evidence comes from small-scale human trials and animal studies; larger, long-term research is still needed. Turmeric is generally safe in culinary amounts, but high-dose supplements (up to 8 grams daily) should be discussed with a healthcare provider due to potential interactions with medications like blood thinners or chemotherapy drugs.
Key Evidence-Based Health Benefits
Here are the most supported benefits, drawn from clinical trials and reviews:
1. Reduces Inflammation and Joint Pain (Especially for Arthritis)**
Curcumin blocks inflammatory pathways, making it effective for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Studies show it relieves pain and improves function as well as ibuprofen or other NSAIDs, with fewer side effects like stomach upset. For example, in knee osteoarthritis trials, 500 mg curcumin with piperine three times daily for 6 weeks reduced pain scores and improved mobility. Similar results were seen in longer trials (up to 8 months), lowering markers like C-reactive protein.
2. Boosts Antioxidant Defenses**
As a potent scavenger of free radicals, curcumin neutralizes oxidative stress linked to aging, cancer, and chronic diseases. Clinical reviews of randomized trials found it increases enzymes like superoxide dismutase and glutathione while reducing lipid peroxides. In metabolic syndrome patients, 1 gram daily with piperine for 8 weeks raised antioxidant activity and lowered stress markers.
3. Supports Heart Health**
Curcumin may improve endothelial function, reduce cholesterol oxidation, and lower triglycerides and LDL cholesterol. In trials with obese adults, 1 gram daily for 30 days decreased triglycerides, and in metabolic syndrome cases, it improved insulin sensitivity and blood pressure over 8 weeks. It also modulates genes involved in lipid metabolism.
4. May Aid Brain Health and Mood**
By boosting brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and reducing inflammation, curcumin shows promise for depression, anxiety, and Alzheimer's. In one study, 1 gram with piperine for 30 days reduced anxiety scores in obese adults. For Alzheimer's, it crosses the blood-brain barrier and clears amyloid plaques in lab models, but human trials are preliminary.
5. Potential Anti-Cancer Effects**
Curcumin promotes cancer cell death, inhibits tumor growth, and reduces metastasis in lab and animal studies. Human evidence is limited but suggests it may enhance chemotherapy or prevent certain cancers; it cannot treat cancer on its own. More clinical trials are required.
6. Helps Manage Metabolic Conditions**
For diabetes and metabolic syndrome, curcumin improves insulin sensitivity, reduces blood sugar, and lowers inflammation. An 8-week trial with 1 gram plus piperine showed better glycemic control and reduced pro-inflammatory cytokines like TNF-α.
7. Eases Exercise-Induced Muscle Soreness**
In athletes, 400–2,000 mg daily before and after workouts reduced inflammation markers (e.g., TNF-α, IL-8) and muscle damage, aiding recovery without affecting performance.
Limitations and Considerations
While promising, many benefits require high doses (1–2 grams of curcumin daily) that aren't achievable through food alone—about 1 teaspoon of turmeric provides only 200 mg curcumin.
Being alone is powerful; it helps you realize that you need yourself more. The more time you spend with yourself the more you will understand yourself and the less you depend on others for approval.
If you’re not comfortable being alone, you won’t know if you are with someone for love or just out of loneliness.
All the best for the week!
#MotivationMonday
Here’s the breakdown for a R200 000 car over 5 years at 12% interest:
Normal finance (no balloon):
• Instalment +|- R4 449/month
• Total paid +|- R266 933
30% balloon (R60 000 deferred):
• Instalment +|- R3 714/month
• End of term lump sum = R60 000
• Total paid +|- R282 853
So the balloon saves you about R735/month on instalments, but the total cost of credit is +|- R16 000 higher.
During our law enforcement operation, we found yet another illegal informal settlement in Pretoria West. The immigrants we found living here were mostly from Malawi. There over 40 shacks erected on this property. The visit to Ward 3 followed calls made Cllr Malesela Rakabe. We were joined by MMC for Corporate and Shared Services @kholofeloMorodi@CityTshwane
Can't believe I passed this. Passed physical assessment ×3 & i was never contacted again. One day we should open up about how corrupt SAPS recruitment is.
As an introvert, all I want is peace. I don't hate socialising, but I can't do it every weekend. It takes me time to recover. To process emotions. To feel like myself again. People exhaust me. Coz when I give, I give my all. I'm not being rude, I just need sometime.