10/01/2026
Saturday's Weather Issued by the South African Weather Service (Saws).
SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS:
IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS:
A. An Orange Level 5 Warning: Severe thunderstorms associated with heavy downpours leading to flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas, strong damaging winds,
hail and excessive lightning are expected over Lowveld of Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
B. A Yellow Level 2 Warning: Severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas, strong damaging winds,
hail and excessive lightning are expected over Escarpment of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, western parts of the North West, extreme eastern parts of the Northern Cape, western and central
parts of Free State, northern parts of the Eastern Cape.
FIRE DANGER WARNINGS:
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Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over the southern parts of Sarah Baartman and Nelson Mandela municipalities of the Eastern Cape, vast parts of the Northern Cape, in places over the western parts of the Western Cape and Free State.
ADVISORIES:
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Very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are expected over most places
except the south coast of the Western Cape.
GAUTENG:
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Partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.
PRETORIA:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum:17/29
JOHANNESBURG:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum:16/27
VEREENIGING:
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Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum:16/29
MPUMALANGA:
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Cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers but widespread
in the Lowveld as well as the northern escarpment.
MBOMBELA:
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Cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershower.
Minimum/Maximum:20/24
LIMPOPO:
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Cloudy and warm to hot with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers in the
west but widespread in the east.
POLOKWANE:
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Cloudy and warm to hot with scattered thundershowers and showers.
Minimum/Maximum:18/23
NORTH-WEST PROVINCE:
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Fine in the west and central parts in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and
warm to hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the west.
MAHIKENG:
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Partly cloudy, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum:19/33
VRYBURG:
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Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and
thundershowers in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum:19/34
FREE STATE:
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Fine in the west and central parts in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy, windy and
warm to hot, with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme
east where morning fog is expected.
BLOEMFONTEIN:
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Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and
thundershowers in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum:17/35
NORTHERN CAPE:
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Cloudy with morning fog over the north-western parts, otherwise, fine, windy and hot
to very hot but partly cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the east and
central but scattered in the extreme east.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
KIMBERLEY:
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Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers and
thundershowers in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum:17/36
UPINGTON:
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Partly cloudy and windy, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the
afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum:23/39
WESTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy over the central and eastern parts in the morning as well as long the south coast
in the afternoon, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but extremely hot over the
northern parts of the West Coast District.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south-easterly to easterly but moderate
along the west coast.
CAPE TOWN:
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Fine.
Wind: Moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum:19/34
GEORGE:
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Fine, partly cloudy in the late afternoon.
Wind: Moderate easterly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum:17/26
WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy with morning fog in places, becoming partly cloudy and warm, but hot with
isolated thundershowers in the extreme north.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong easterly.
EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE:
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Cloudy with light morning rain south of the escarpment, becoming partly cloudy and
warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the west.
The wind along the coast will be moderate easterly, becoming fresh to strong north-
easterly in the afternoon.
GQEBERHA:
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Cloudy becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Fresh to strong easterly.
Minimum/Maximum:18/27
EAST LONDON:
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Cloudy with light morning rain, becoming scattered showers and thundershowers in the
afternoon to evening.
Wind: Moderate easterly, becoming fresh to strong north-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum:19/27
KWAZULU-NATAL:
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Morning fog patches in places over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to
warm with scattered showers and thundershowers.
The wind along the coast will be moderate southerly to south-easterly becoming north-
easterly in the south by evening.
DURBAN:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum:22/25
RICHARDS BAY:
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Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate southerly to south-westerly becoming south-easterly in the afternoon
Minimum/Maximum:21/28
PIETERMARITZBURG:
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Morning fog, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum:16/23
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