SATURDAY WEATHER: Widespread rainfall and a severe thunderstorm warning as temperatures cool off

By Staff Writer
Published: 10 April 2026 [updated 11 April]

This forecast is for: Sat 11 April 2026
The maps cover: Sat 11 Apr – Sat 11 Apr


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Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

A. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with strong damaging winds, hail, excessive lightning and possible heavy downpours leading to localised structural damages and flooding over the central interior of Northern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches in the Highveld and along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers over the eastern Highveld.

LIMPOPO
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers over the central-southern parts.

NORTH-WEST
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme west.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers except in the east.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and hot to very hot with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be fresh south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north-eastern parts. It will become fine in the west by the evening. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south-easterly, but light south-westerly along the south coast in the morning.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and cool to warm, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the west and north in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly in the west, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog patches in the north-west, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the west. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly in the morning, otherwise northerly to north-easterly, but moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly in the south from the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/28°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/26°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/26°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/28°C

POLOKWANE
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/28°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/29°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Partly cloudy with isolated evening showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/26°C

KIMBERLEY
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/27°C

UPINGTON
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/27°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with rain and showers, becoming fine in the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/27°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with rain and showers.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/22°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/22°C

EAST LONDON
Fine, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers in the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/25°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from late afternoon.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-westerly until late morning, otherwise north-easterly but moderate southerly to south-westerly from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/31°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light to moderate northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/33°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from late afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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