Weather alert: Severe storms with heavy rain, hail to lash Northern Cape

The South African Weather Service (Saws) warned of severe thunderstorms expected in Northern Cape on Saturday with damaging winds, hail, and heavy downpours.

The weather service has released its latest weather forecast for 27 September 2025.

Here’s what you need to know.

Weather warnings: Saturday, 27 September

Impact-based warnings

The weather service has issued a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with possible strong damaging winds, hail, and heavy downpours resulting in localised damage to infrastructure, settlements (informal), property, vehicles, livelihoods, and livestock. They are expected over the central and eastern parts of the Northern Cape.

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Provincial weather forecast

Here’s what to expect in your province on Saturday, 27 September:

Gauteng:

Residents of Gauteng can expect partly cloudy and cool weather, becoming cloudy with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the south.

The region’s expected UVB sunburn index is “high”.

Residents should take the necessary precautions against prolonged sun exposure.

Mpumalanga:

Mpumalanga residents can expect cloudy conditions in the morning with a chance of drizzle and fog along the escarpment; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated afternoon showers and thundershowers in the extreme south.

Limpopo:

The day will be cloudy in the Lowveld at first; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool to warm.

North West:

Cloudy and cool to warm weather awaits North West residents, with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the western half.

Free State:

Residents of the Free State will experience morning fog in the east and cloudy and cool weather with isolated showers and thundershowers scattered over the central and southern parts.

Northern Cape:

The day will be cloudy and cool to warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but isolated showers and thundershowers in the north, spreading over the southern parts in the afternoon.

Western Cape:

Western Cape residents can expect cloudy and cool to warm weather, but partly cloudy in the west with isolated showers and thundershowers in the northeast.

The region’s expected UVB sunburn index is “high”.

Residents should take the necessary precautions against prolonged sun exposure.

Eastern Cape (western half):

The day will start with morning fog over the interior; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north.

Eastern Cape (eastern half):

The day will start with morning fog patches in places over the interior; otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool, becoming cloudy in the afternoon with isolated showers and thundershowers but scattered in the north.

KwaZulu-Natal:

Residents of KwaZulu-Natal can look forward to morning fog in places in the central and western interior; otherwise, conditions will be partly cloudy and warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south and western part.

The region’s expected UVB sunburn index is “high”.

Residents should take the necessary precautions against prolonged sun exposure.

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