Overview
- The Level 2 alert is in effect from 2 p.m. Thursday into the early hours of Friday for large parts of Gauteng.
- The storm band is expected to extend into southern Limpopo, North West, the eastern Northern Cape, the Free State, southwestern Mpumalanga and western KwaZulu‑Natal.
- Hazards include heavy downpours, strong winds, large amounts of small hail and lightning, with risks of localised flooding, infrastructure damage and service disruptions; residents are urged to avoid flooded roads and open areas during lightning.
- Separate advisories highlight a Yellow Level 1 warning for damaging marine winds between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas and a heat wave in parts of the Western Cape through the weekend.
- City forecasts point to cooler, cloudy conditions with showers: Pretoria mostly cloudy on Saturday at 15–25°C with morning rain, and Johannesburg cooler on Saturday at 14–22°C with about a 60% chance of rain on Sunday near 3 mm.