The sizzling heat wave is not letting go just yet and, to make matters worse, some of the city's reservoirs are running dry.
According to the South African Weather Service's assistant manager: forecasting Kevin Rae, city residents should brace themselves for a sweltering weekend.
"Temperatures will stay in the mid to low 30s with temperatures rising to 34ºC on Sunday," he said.
But there is some good news. "Due to an influx of moist air from the east, Saturday will be a little cooler with temperatures just reaching the 30ºC mark.
"The hottest February day in Pretoria was measured in 1984 on February 15, when the mercury hit 36.8ºC. We came pretty close to breaking that record this week with a high of 36ºC recorded on Wednesday," said Rae.
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The Tshwane Metro Council on Friday urged residents to use water sparingly after people in Arcadia and Berea Park complained they had been without water since yesterday morning.
The residents said they were told by the municipality that the reservoir supplying their areas was running low. "The municipality should have warned us beforehand about the problem.
"They knew that this was going to happen, but they did not warn us," said Arcadia resident Elaine van Heerden.
The municipality said in a statement on Friday that high temperatures over the past couple of days had seen residents using more water than usual.
"Residents should also refrain from watering their gardens midday and only do so in the morning and late afternoon," the municipality said. - Cornelia du Plooy and Patrick Hlahla
- This article was originally published on page 1 of Pretoria News on February 24, 2007
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