News24 | Langa pupils beat the Cape heat in their personal ‘pocket forest’

2026-03-11 - 17:24

As Cape Town sweltered in Wednesday’s heat, the temperature in one of the classrooms in Siyabulela Primary School topped 40°C. But grade 7 pupil Cebu Mnqwazi and his friends could escape to the school’s “pocket forest”, where the temperature was just 29°C.