Cold winter strikes South Africa; CO2 blamed

Brace yourself for more snow and cold: City Press: South Africa

As sub-zero weather conditions swept across the country this week, even bringing light snow to Auckland Park in Joburg on Friday morning, speculation was rife that we are starting to feel the effects of climate change.

But an expert climato­logist said this was not necessarily the case and that this year’s cold ­winter was nothing out of the ordinary for South ­Africa.