The South African Weather Service has warned of disruptive rain and flooding across several provinces on Thursday.
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings for disruptive rain and flooding across several provinces on Thursday.
Heavy downpours are expected to drench the eastern parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, with the potential for localised flooding and strong winds. Meanwhile, extreme heat will persist across parts of the Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Impact-based warnings:
Yellow level 2 warning: Disruptive rain with heavy downpours leading to possible flooding and possible strong winds are expected over the eastern parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
Advisories
Heatwave conditions with persistently high temperatures are expected over the western parts of the Namakwa district municipality in the Northern Cape, west, south-west and northern parts of the Western Cape until Friday, as well as Koukamma local municipality in the Eastern Cape until Friday, but persisting until Saturday in places over Sarah Baartman and Amathole district, King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and Buffalo City Metro in the Eastern Cape.
The weather in your province:
Gauteng: Partly cloudy at first, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Pretoria 14—23°C
Johannesburg 12—20°C
Vereeniging 11—20°C
Mpumalanga: Cloudy and cold to cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in extreme east.
Mbombela 15—19°C
Ermelo 10—16°C
Emalahleni 12—17°C
Standerton 10—20°C
Skukuza 16—23°C
Limpopo: Cloudy and cool with isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the extreme east.
Polokwane 14—19°C
Phalaborwa 19—22°C
Tzaneen 18—23°C
Musina 20—22°C
Lephalale 16—21°C
Mokopane 13—21°C
North West: Partly cloudy and cool to warm, becoming cloudy over the central and eastern parts with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Klerksdorp 12—26°C
Potchefstroom 12—24°C
Mahikeng 14—26°C
Rustenburg 12—24°C
Vryburg 12—29°C
Free State: Morning fog patches over the extreme east, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, with isolated showers and thundershowers over the eastern parts where it will be cloudy.
Bloemfontein 13—28°C
Welkom 12—26°C
Bethlehem 8—24°C
Northern Cape: Fine to partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot to extremely hot in the west. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-easterly in the morning, becoming light to moderate westerly by the afternoon.
Upington 20—35°C
Kimberley 16—31°C
De Aar 17—32°C
Alexander Bay 23—38°C
Springbok 26—37°C
Calvinia 21—38°C
Sutherland 13—34°C
Western Cape: Fine to partly cloudy and very hot to extremely hot. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to south-easterly but southerly along the west coast.
Cape Town 29—38°C
Vredendal 23—42°C
Riversdale 22—42°C
George 20—34°C
Worcester 23—41°C
Beaufort West 22—37°C
Oudtshoorn 21—41°C
Heatwave conditions continue across parts of the Western Cape today, with very hot to extremely hot temperatures expected in several areas. 🌡
Residents are advised to stay hydrated, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun during the hottest time of the day.#saws #weatheroutlook pic.twitter.com/ddFcHZSdQ3
— SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) March 11, 2026
Western half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh easterly to north-easterly.
Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Fine and hot. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong north-easterly.
Gqeberha 18—29°C
Makhanda 15—36°C
Cradock 15—35°C
Graaff-Reinet 16—37°C
East London 19—30°C
Port St Johns 14—28°C
Mthatha 11—31°C
Komani 11—32°C
Qonce 15—34°C
KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but cloudy in the north. Isolated showers and rain are expected in the extreme north. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate easterly to south-easterly north of Durban, otherwise moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, spreading to Richard’s Bay by evening.
Durban 20—27°C
Richard’s Bay 21—27°C
Pietermaritzburg 14—28°C
Ladysmith 14—27°C
*This weather report was written with the support of Toqan AI.
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