Tuesday’s Weather: Scorching Conditions in 4 Provinces, Severe Thunderstorms Elsewhere

Today's weather: Severe storms, extreme heat, and fire danger across SA

South Africa faces a day of severe weather, with thunderstorms in the east, extreme heat in the interior, and high fire danger across various provinces.

Heavy rain, hail and damaging winds expected in Gauteng

Gauteng residents should prepare for unstable weather conditions as severe thunderstorms threaten parts of the province at the start of the new week. The South African Weather Service has issued a yellow level 4 warning for Gauteng, citing the possibility of disruptive storms. Forecaster Phemelo Zonke said weather systems moving across the central and northeastern parts of the country will drive the instability. “Severe thunderstorms still possi…

Monday’s weather: Heavy rain, winds in 5 provinces, heatwave in parts of Eastern Cape

Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, damaging winds and excessive lightning are expected in parts of Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, the North West and Free State on Monday, which could cause flooding and damage to infrastructure and settlements, while the South African Weather Service issued a heatwave warning for parts of the Eastern Cape until Wednesday.

Heat, storms and fire alerts: Here's the weather SA should expect on Monday

The South African Weather Service (Saws) has forecast partly cloudy and warm to hot conditions for Monday, 2 February, with isolated to scattered thundershowers possible over the central and eastern parts of the country. Here is what you need to know. Weather warnings for 2 February 2026 The weather service has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours over Gauteng, the Highveld and escarpment of Mpumalanga, t…

WEATHER: Severe storms, strong winds and HAIL expected in SA

Get daily updates on temperatures, winds and UVB levels, and see what the SA Weather Service predicts for the country. Here’s the weather outlook for South Africa’s nine provinces. The South African Weather Service has warned that a heatwave, with persistently high temperatures expected until Wednesday, will result in very uncomfortable conditions in parts of South Africa. A Yellow Level 2 warning has also been issued for severe thunderstorms fo…