Winter in some parts of South Africa is a time of low (or no) rainfall and high fire danger. Sheldon Strydom studies the relationship between weather and fire, in particular how Berg winds, also known ...

IN South Africa, the winter season thus far has been nothing short of brutal. Across the nation, various regions have been experiencing harrowing weather. Storms have washed away homes, bridges and ...

On June 9, a winter storm dropped 129 millimeters (5.1 inches) of rain on the town of Mthatha, close to Nelson Mandela’s burial site, nearly doubling the previous record, according to preliminary data ...