Bongani Bingwa speaks with Lehlohonolo Thobela, Meteorologist at the South African Weather Service, to debunk a viral voice note falsely claiming that aphelion will bring the coldest winter in 100 years, explaining what aphelion really is and why spreading fake weather alerts causes unnecessary panic.

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