| A high probability of poor rainfall and higher than | | | | may have to adapt their water management |
| normal temperatures were forecast for December, | | | | systems as dams were unlikely to be |
| January and February by the SA Weather Service in | | | | replenished.There was a 70% probability of the El |
| Pretoria on Thursday.This was the result of a weak | | | | Nino system prevailing throughout summer into early |
| El Nino weather system that has hit the country, | | | | next year, Ntsangwane said.The central and western |
| meteorologist Lucky Ntsangwane told reporters.He | | | | parts of the country were likely to be the hardest |
| advised farmers to take precautions as rainfall | | | | hit. |
| patterns were unlikely to improve. Some municipalities | | | | |