Rain and temperatures expected to be above normal until autumn
Rain in the eastern part of South Africa has been above average in the past two months, but the west of the country is still getting below average rainfall, according to a climate-change and disaster-management report posted on the AgriSA website on Wednesday. The committee said that above normal rain and temperatures were likely until autumn but it was becoming less likely that the next few months would be particularly wet as La Nina (associated with heavy rainfall) was weakening. Although rain in most of the Eastern Cape was normal, the condition of livestock was only reasonable to poor, and in the Sarah Baartman area livestock were in very poor condition. Although rain in the Free State was normal to above normal, dam levels continued to decline and were now at 50% from last year’s 59%. Livestock were still dying as a result of the drought in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo. In Gauteng, rainfall was above normal and the major dams were on average 82% full, from 81% a ye...
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