Warnings

Yellow level 1 Warning: Damaging coastal winds resulting in
difficulty in navigation at sea, localised disruption of small
harbours and/or ports for a short period of time and small
vessels at risk of taking on water and capsizing in a locality
are expected between Port Edward and KwaDukuza in the morning.

Special weather advisories

A heat wave with persistently high temperatures is expected in places
over Sarah Baartman, Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo and
Amathole local municipalities of the Eastern Cape from 24 January
2026 until 29 January 2026.

Gauteng

Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn index: High

Rain +2 Hours

Rain +24 Hours

Temperature +24 Hours

Mpumalanga

Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers.

Limpopo

Morning fog patches along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers.

North-West Province

Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.

Free State

Partly cloudy and warm, with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme east. It will be windy in south.

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Western Cape

Fine in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm with a chance of light showers and rain along the south coast.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly to south- easterly becoming fresh in the afternoon.

The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Western Half Of The Eastern Cape

Partly cloudy and warm but cool in places along the coast.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

Eastern Half Of The Eastern Cape

Partly cloudy and warm but cool in places along the coast with a chance of light rain and showers in places south of escarpment.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly.

Kwazulu-Natal

Morning and evening fog patches over the interior, otherwise partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and rain.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh northerly to north-westerly in the north at first, otherwise fresh to strong southerly to south-westerly. It will become light to moderate south-easterly in the south in the evening.

The expected UVB sunburn index: Moderate

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