Severe cold fronts are hitting South Africa this week, bringing disruptive rain, snow and hazardous conditions. This comes as the country endures a deadly winter, with recent floods claiming 102 lives in the Eastern Cape and other winter-related incidents causing fatalities in KwaZulu-Natal.
As a new cold front makes landfall in the Western Cape today, a more severe system is set to follow this weekend in the province and move to the Eastern Cape and Gauteng, bringing disruptive rain and very cold conditions across several provinces.
This comes amid a particularly deadly winter season, with nine people dead in…
National Women’s Day: Celebrated on August 9, this day honors the contributions
of women in the struggle against apartheid and promotes gender equality.
Sherm
Fun South African Fact: Mandela’s house on Vilakazi Street is now a museum. The man who the street was named after, Dr BW Vilakazi, was a poet, novelist and intellectual. He helped develop the written form of both isiZulu and siSwati and helped put together the isiZulu dictionary.
Low Menace
India: You have two cows. You create a new country to banish all your people who might eat them.