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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: 2022 was South Africa's fourth hottest year

ABBA’s long-term guitarist Lasse Wellander has died, the Dalai Lama forced to apologise after footage goes viral and much more.

Heavy rainfall escalated into flooding in KwaZulu-Natal last year, but 2022 was still the fourth hottest year on record.
Despite higher rainfall, 2022 was SA's fourth-hottest year on record. Image: Darren Stewart

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Despite above-normal rainfall, 2022 was still South Africa's fourth hottest year on record. With El Nino coming up, 2023 is set to be a warmer,and drier year.

Read more: Tropical deforestation significantly reduces rainfall: study

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The Dalai Lama has apologised after footage showed him asking a boy if he wanted to suck the his tongue.

Read more: DNA test revealed for the woman claiming she is Madeleine McCann

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ABBA’s long-term guitarist Lasse Wellander has died after a short battle with cancer

Read more: Mama Mia, here we go again. ABBA reunion and new music after 40 years

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Fans of Argentine side Club Atletico Tigre stoned their own team's bus ahead of the Copa Sudamericana clash against Brazil's Sao Paulo on Thursday, thinking it was the Brazilian team

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Fans of Argentine club Tigre stoned their own team's bus on Thursday, believing it was the one carrying opponents Sao Paulo.
Argentine fans stone own team's bus by mistake ahead of Copa Sudamericana game. Image: Ben Hayward

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At least 22 light motor vehicles eight minibus taxis, and five trucks were involved in a crash on the N3, which left five people dead

Read more: Woman killed after driving into flood-damaged Ntuzuma bridge

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