WEDNESDAY WEATHER: A heat wave in the interior and a high fire danger in the west but cooler in the south

By Staff Writer
Published: 10 November 2026

This forecast is for: Wed 11 November 2026
The maps cover: Wed 11 Nov – Fri 13 Nov


A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected over the North West province, and Free State except in the south-western parts, and southern parts of Gauteng, as well as the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape until Friday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over Northern Cape, the eastern parts of both North West and Free State, the north-eastern parts of the Western Cape, in places over the South-Western Bushveld in Limpopo as well as Dr Beyers Naude, Inxuba Yethemba and Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm to hot.

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MPUMALANGA
Fog patches in most parts of Mpumalanga, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but partly cloudy in the extreme west.

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LIMPOPO
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the south-west by the afternoon.

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NORTH WEST
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the east, in the afternoon.

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THE FREE STATE
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the east, in the afternoon.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy with fog patches along the coast and adjacent interior in the morning, otherwise fine and hot to very hot but warm in places in the west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong south to south-easterly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm along the extreme south-west, spreading along the south coast and adjacent interior from the afternoon, otherwise fine and hot. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Cloudy with in places along the coast in the morning, otherwise fine warm to hot, but very in places in the north. It will become cloudy in the south from late afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in places south of escarpment in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be Moderate to fresh south-westerly.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and warm, becoming partly cloudy in the south in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate south-westerly in the south in the afternoon, spreading to Mtunzini in the evening.

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This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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