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Get ready for the big winter chill PIETERMARITZBURG residents will get their first real taste of winter when a cold front hits this week, the SA Weather Service said this week. Forecaster Vanetia Phakula said a cold front would reach the Western Cape between yesterday night and this morning. The western parts of the province would receive rain. “It will be bringing very cold, windy and wet conditions and even snow,” Phakula predicted. She said snowfall was expected over the high-lying areas of the Western Cape. “We might see small amounts of snow on the tips of Table Mountain.” The cold front would then move east across the country by Thursday. The mercury would creep back up from Saturday.
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sz Ntshibe. Utheuthukesekufikaozibiza ngomnikazi womuzi, uMnuz Mduduzi Mbokazi, ephethe amaphepha asebhange, afakazela ukuthi usewuthengile. Uthe “Ungitshele ukuthi angibe ngifuna indawo yokuhlala, ngoba esezongena endlini. Ubengishyela ucingo nasebusuku engisabisa ngokuthi angiphume endlini. Ngigcine ngokumfunela incwadi emaphoyiseni emgunyaza ukuthi angasondeli futhi angaxhumani nami, kepha uyaqhubeka. Angazi uma kuthiwa angiphume emzini wabazali bami, kuthiwa angiyephi?, “ kusho yena. Eziphendulela uMnuz Mbokazi, uthe: “Umuzi ngiwuthenge kubammeli ngendlela esemthethweni. Ngiwuthenga nje, vele unesikweletu sika-R2000 samanzi nogesi esengisikhokhele. Angikaze ngisabise muntu, kuphela bengithumela izincwadi ezivela kubammeli ezimazisayo ukuthi sengiwumnikazi womuzi. Uma esafuna ukuhlala endlini ebe ebheka indawo, unalo ilunge-
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