Warnings

Special weather advisories

A. A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over
the Central and Little Karoo districts, as well as Witzenberg
Municipality of the Western Cape, over most of the Northern
and Eastern Cape, the southern half of North West, and the
Free State until Wednesday (14/01/2026).




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B. Very hot to extremely hot and uncomfortable conditions are
expected over the north-eastern, in places over the eastern
parts and over the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape as well
as Khai-Ma Municipality of the Northern Cape until Wednesday
(14/01/2026).

C. Hot and humid and uncomfortable conditions are expected
over the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu Natal.

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Gauteng

Partly cloudy in the morning, otherwise cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the north and central parts. The expected UVB sunburn index: Moderate

Mpumalanga

Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme west.

Limpopo

Morning fog patches along the escarpment otherwise cloudy and cool to warm with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated in the extreme west.

North-West Province

Partly cloudy and hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in west.

Free State

Partly cloudy and hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Western Cape

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The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly between Cape Agulhas and Strandfontein at first, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly but light and variable along the south coast by the late afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Western Half Of The Eastern Cape

Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in the extreme north with isolated thunderstorms over the interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate westerly to south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the late afternoon.

Eastern Half Of The Eastern Cape

Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated thunderstorms over the interior. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to south-westerly, becoming moderate southerly to south-easterly in the afternoon.

Kwazulu-Natal

Morning fog in the west and south-east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the extreme north. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly north of Margate, otherwise light to moderate southerly to south-westerly spreading to Mandeni by late morning.

The expected UVB sunburn index: Extreme

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