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The El Niño-induced drought and heatwave in February and March hit crops hard in Southern Africa. (Conrad Bornman/Gallo Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

‘It’s here’: South Africa faces potentially record-breaking El Niño

A rapidly intensifying El Niño has arrived and could become one of the strongest on record, bringing extreme heat and dry conditions across South Africa this summer despite…

  • Sheree Bega
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