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Pedestrians hold umbrellas for protection from the sun during a heat wave in New York, US, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Given that the Northern Hemisphere experienced unprecedented weather this past summer, South Africa should be on high alert this El Niño summer. (Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CLIMATE CRISIS

‘Global boiling’: July on track to be hottest month on record

Extreme weather has pounded three continents this month

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Warning: People on the Greek island of Rhodes left fruit on scorched land to help animals survive after wildfires swept through the area this month. (Angelos Tzortzinis/Getty Images)
CLIMATE CHANGE

SA should prepare for hottest summer ever, climate experts warn

A study says extreme heat in North America, Europe and China in July were made more likely by human-driven climate change

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Blink and you’ll miss it: Andy Green will attempt to break the land-speed record in the supersonic Bloodhound.
LAND SPEED RECORD

Briton Andy Green to attempt 1000mph land-speed record

‘I will travel faster than a bullet’, says action hero Andy Green, who can’t wait for the ‘greatest engineering adventure in motorsport’ to start.

  • Steven Morris
5 min read
Tendulkar to miss World Twenty20
INDIA

Media hails ‘God’ Tendulkar

Indian media lined up on Thursday to shower the "God" Sachin Tendulkar with front-page tributes and predict the batsman was not finished yet.

  • Kuldip Lal
3 min read