SATURDAY WEATHER: Cooler in the south but very hot elsewhere as heat wave continues

By Staff Writer
Published: 16 October 2026

This forecast is for: Sat 17 October 2026
The maps cover: Sat 17 Oct – Mon 19 Oct


A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places over the northern parts of Eastern Cape and over the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal until Saturday as well as in places over the Mpumalanga Highveld and southern parts of the Mpumalanga Lowveld until Monday.

Hot to extremely hot conditions resulting in extremely uncomfortable conditions are expected in the north-eastern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga Lowveld and over Limpopo on Monday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over most of the central interior, most parts of northern KwaZulu-Natal, in places in the Mpumalanga Lowveld as well as the Limpopo Valley and Western Bushveld.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the south.

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MPUMALANGA
Fine and warm to hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers over the southern Highveld. It will be very hot to extremely hot in places in the Lowveld.

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LIMPOPO
Fine and hot to very hot.

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NORTH-WEST
Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon, with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be windy in the west.

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THE FREE STATE
Fine at first, otherwise partly cloudy and hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers. It will be windy in the west.

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THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fine over the central parts, otherwise partly cloudy, windy, and hot to very hot, with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north and east. The wind along the coast will be light northerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly to southerly.

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THE WESTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm, but cloudy with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior but scattered in the extreme south-western parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-westerly reaching strong between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas at first where it will become fresh to strong south-westerly to southerly from mid-morning spreading north and south in the afternoon.

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THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine and warm, but partly cloudy and cool along the coast. It will become cloudy with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior from the evening. The wind along the coast will be moderate south-westerly.

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THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot, but cool in places along the coast and adjacent interior, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers from the evening. The wind along the coast will be strong to fresh south-westerly in the morning, becoming moderate from late morning.

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KWAZULU-NATAL
Fine and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in places in the north-east. It will become partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly south of Durban by mid-morning spreading to Kosi Bay by evening.

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Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 19/33°C

JOHANNESBURG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/32°C

VEREENIGING
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/32°C

MBOMBELA
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/34°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/33°C

MAHIKENG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/35°C

VRYBURG
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/35°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/35°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/36°C

UPINGTON
Fine and windy, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/34°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with rain and scattered showers until late afternoon.
Wind: Moderate north-westerly at first, otherwise south-westerly to southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/18°C

GEORGE
Cloudy with isolated evening showers.
Wind: Light northerly becoming moderate south-westerly from the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy with isolated showers and rain.
Wind: Fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

DURBAN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy from late morning with isolated evening showers and rain.
Wind: Light northerly in the morning, otherwise moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 22/29°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate northerly to north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 21/38°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Fine, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/38°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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