Precipitation variability in the winter rainfall zone of South Africa during the last 1400 yr linked to the austral westerlies J. C. Stager1,2 , P. A. Mayewski2 , J. White1 , B. M. Chase3,4 , F. H. Neumann5,6 , M. E. Meadows7 , C. D. King1 , and D. A. Dixon2 1Natural Sciences, Paul Smith’s read more Stager, Mayewski, Dixon — Climate of the Past