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Concern: The exceptionally hot conditions are great if you have water in which to frolic. But most provinces have seen livestock dying and farmers having to delay planting crops. Photo: Alon Skuy/The Times/Gallo Images/Getty

AGRICULTURE AND DROUGHT IN SOUTH AFRICA

It’s hot and records have been broken

The increase in temperature has been above the 1°C pre-industrial level for the past 12 months

Aarti Bhana