SATURDAY WEATHER: A warning for the Northern Cape but from Sunday more cold, wet and windy weather arrives

By Staff Writer
Published: 24 April 2026

This forecast is for: Sat 25 April 2026
The maps cover: Sat 25 Apr – Sat 25 Apr


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Morning or evening fog can be expected in many parts of the country on Saturday.

Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

A. level 1 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours, leading to localised flooding and damages to susceptible formal/informal settlements and infrastructure over the central and south-eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions can be expected over Kai !Garib local municipality of the Northern Cape, as well as the Central Karoo district and the Little Karoo local municipalities in the Western Cape.

SEE ALSO: More snowfall possible this weekend – Lesotho and the Western Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

GAUTENG
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cold to cool with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be warm in the Lowveld.

LIMPOPO
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and thundershowers.

NORTH-WEST
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy and cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers.

THE FREE STATE
Morning fog in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the extreme west.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Fog along the coast in the morning as well as in places in the east where it will be cloudy and windy, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated iso showers and thundershowers over the west central parts, but scattered in the east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to north-westerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise fine to partly cloudy and cool to warm but hot in places over the south-eastern parts. Isolated to scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the eastern parts from the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate westerly to north-westerly, becoming fresh to strong along the south-west coast in the afternoon.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thunderstorms over the interior. The wind along the coast will be light northerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the north and west. The wind along the coast will be light north-westerly.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning and evening fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy to cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the north-west. It will become fine in places in the east in the afternoon. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh westerly to north-westerly north of Richards Bay in the morning, otherwise light to moderate northerly to north-easterly, reaching fresh in places.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Saturday:

PRETORIA
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/21°C

JOHANNESBURG
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/19°C

VEREENIGING
Morning fog in places, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/22°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/23°C

POLOKWANE
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/22°C

MAHIKENG
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/21°C

VRYBURG
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/25°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/20°C

KIMBERLEY
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/23°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy, windy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: light to moderate northerly to north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/22°C

GEORGE
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate northerly to north-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/30°C

GQEBERHA
Fine, becoming partly cloudy.
Wind: Light northerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

EAST LONDON
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Light north-westerly
Minimum/Maximum: 17/29°C

DURBAN
Partly cloudy becoming fine in the afternoon.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/26°C

RICHARDS BAY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming strong at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 18/28°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/26°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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