SATURDAY WEATHER: Morning fog with a 60% chance of rain in the south and warnings for wind & waves

By Staff Writer
Published: 28 August 2026

This forecast is for: Sat 29 August 2026
The maps cover: Sat 29 Aug – Sun 30 Aug


Warnings from the SA Weather Service:

A. level 2 warning for damaging winds and waves resulting in localised disruption of small harbours and ports, difficulty in navigation and localised damage to infrastructure and settlements along the coast between Port Shepston and Richards Bay.

B. level 2 warning for damaging interior winds leading to localised damage to settlements and localised problems for high-sided vehicles on prone routes due to cross winds on exposed high-level roads over the central parts (upper and lower Karoo) and Namakwa interior of the Northern Cape.

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over central parts of Northern Cape, Khai-Ma, Hantam and Beaufort West municipalities of the Western Cape as well as Dr Beyers Naude LM, Blue Crane Route, Raymond Mhlaba, Amahlathi, Enoch Mgijima and Inxuba Yethemba Local municipalities of the Eastern Cape.

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

GAUTENG
Fine and cool.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog patches over the eastern Highveld and along the escarpment, otherwise fine and cool but warm in the Lowveld where it will be partly cloudy.

LIMPOPO
Fine in the west, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm.

NORTH WEST
Fine and cool to warm.

THE FREE STATE
Fine and cool to warm.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Cloudy in the west, with morning fog over the extreme north-western parts, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot. It will be wind over the central parts. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly to southerly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Morning fog along the south coast and adjacent interior, otherwise cloudy and cool, but warm in the north-east. Isolated showers and rain is expected, except in the far north-western parts but scattered along the south coast and adjacent interior. The wind along the coast will be light and variable along the south coast in the morning, otherwise fresh to strong south to south-westerly.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot, becoming cloudy in the south in the afternoon with isolated showers and rain, except in the north but scattered along the west coast. The wind along the coast will be light northerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy and warm to hot, but cool in places in the north. The wind along the coast will be moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the south by the afternoon, spreading to the east in the evening.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Morning fog in places over the interior, otherwise fine and warm. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming strong at times.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service:

PRETORIA
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 09/22°C

JOHANNESBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 6/21°C

VEREENIGING
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 07/21°C

MBOMBELA
Morning fog patches, otherwise partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/22°C

POLOKWANE
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/20°C

MAHIKENG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 8/24°C

VRYBURG
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 10/26°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 11/24°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine and windy becoming partly cloudy in the afternon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/27°C

UPINGTON
Partly cloudy and windy.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/30°C

CAPE TOWN
Cloudy with fog patches in the morning, otherwise isolated showers and rain until the evening when it will become partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/19°C

GEORGE
Morning fog patches, otherwise cloudy with scattered showers and rain from the evening.
Wind: Light to moderate west to south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/19°C

GQEBERHA
Partly cloudy with isolated evening showers and rain.
Wind: Light northerly at first, otherwise moderate to fresh south-westerly.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/23°C

KuGOMPO CITY
Partly cloudy.
Wind: Moderate north-easterly, becoming moderate to fresh south-westerly in the evening.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/30°C

DURBAN
Fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming strong at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 17/27°C

RICHARDS BAY
Fine.
Wind: Moderate to fresh northerly to north-easterly, becoming strong at times.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/27°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Morning fog, otherwise fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/32°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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