Overview
- SAWS issued rotating yellow level 2 warnings for damaging coastal winds and waves that moved along stretches from Port Alfred and Port Edward toward Port Shepstone and Richards Bay, warning of localised disruption to small harbours and navigation.
- The impact‑based coastal and interior wind alerts for Namakwa and Central Karoo continued through 27–29 August and were followed by a bulletin for Sunday that removed new impact‑based wind/wave warnings for the day while keeping fire‑danger advisories in place.
- Extremely high fire danger remains active in parts of the Northern Cape and in pockets of the Western and Eastern Cape, with named municipalities such as Tsantsabane, Kgatelopele and Siyancuma specifically flagged by SAWS.
- A yellow level 2 warning denotes potentially damaging conditions that can cause localised damage to infrastructure, difficulty in navigation for small craft and problems for high‑sided vehicles on exposed routes, so authorities advise avoiding small craft and exercising caution on open roads.
- Although much of the interior is warm and spring‑like, dry vegetation combined with strong, shifting winds and high UVB levels raises ignition and spread risk and means residents and responders should watch for further rotating coastal alerts and targeted fire warnings.