Portia inspires other Secunda firefighters
Fittest Secunda firefighter is a gym instructor after hours.
SECUNDA – Ms Portia Malinga (37) is the fittest firefighter at the Secunda Fire Station.
According to her manager, Ms Shelly Shabalala, Ms Malinga is the pride and joy of this station.
Ms Malinga is also an instructor at the Sasol Gymnasium in the evenings.
She used to work for the gym full time before she joined the fire department last year.
Ms Malinga has done the Comrades Marathon and the Two Oceans Marathon.
It is the action in the life of a firefighter that drove her to join the fire department.
Ms Malinga motivates others at the fire station to begin running and take part in marathons.
She grew up in Germiston and studied sports science before she worked as a group training manager in Germiston.
In her free time she enjoys watching movies if she is not at the gym or on the road training for the next marathon.
She can climb the tower at the fire station with full gear on 20 times without stopping.
When she did her training to become a firefighter, she was the only woman at the course.
Ms Malinga wants to explore and broaden her horizons even more and go into fire investigations.
She thanked the management team of Sasol Gymnasium who gave her time off to do her fire fighting course.
“Ms Mlainga is truly an inspiration,” said Ms Shabalala.
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