Warnings

Extremely high fire danger conditions are expected over
central and eastern parts of Northern Cape.

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 District
Municipalities in the Eastern Cape until Thursday
(29/01/2026) and over most parts of the Northern Cape,
Free State, as well as the southern parts of the North
West until Friday (30/01/2026).

Gauteng

Partly cloudy and hot but very hot in the south with afternoon isolated showers and thundershowers.

The expected UVB sunburn index: High

Rain +2 Hours

Rain +24 Hours

Temperature +24 Hours

Mpumalanga

Morning fog and drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the Lowveld.

Limpopo

Private Bag X097, Pretoria, 0001 • Tel: + 27 (0) 12 367 6000 • www.weathersa.co.za •USSD: *120*7297# Morning drizzle along the escarpment, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south.

North-West Province

Fine at first becoming partly cloudy and hot to very hot in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers.

Free State

Fine and hot to very hot, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the east.

Northern Cape

Morning fog along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and hot to very hot with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the east, otherwise fine.

The wind along the coast will be fresh southerly, becoming strong south-easterly from the afternoon.

Western Cape

Morning fog along the west coast, otherwise fine and hot over the interior but partly cloudy and hot with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme north-eastern parts.

The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly in the north, otherwise fresh south-westerly.

The expected UVB sunburn index: Very High

Western Half Of The Eastern Cape

Partly cloudy and hot to very hot, but extremely hot in places with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north.

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

Kwazulu-Natal

Morning fog in places in the north and south-east, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot but very hot in places with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the south-west.

The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh north-easterly, becoming light to moderate southerly to south-easterly in the south early morning.

The expected UVB sunburn index: High

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