FREEZE ALERT! – Gauteng braces for icy blast as winter sneaks in

Gauteng

Cape Town – The South African Weather Service (Saws) has not issued major weather warnings as a cold front is expected on Friday.

Gauteng will see a significant temperature drop, signaling the approach of winter and prompting residents to prepare for colder weather.

Provincial forecasts for Tuesday, 29 April, include:

  • Gauteng: Partly cloudy, cool, with a cold snap expected by Friday.
  • Mpumalanga: Cloudy, cool, with isolated showers and thundershowers.
  • Limpopo: Cloudy in the east, partly cloudy elsewhere, with isolated showers.
  • North West: Fine, cool to warm, becoming partly cloudy.
  • Free State: Morning fog in the east, otherwise fine and cool to warm.
  • Northern Cape: Morning fog along the coast, partly cloudy, cool to warm.
  • Western Cape: Morning fog, cloudy to partly cloudy, with light rain in southern areas by evening.
  • Eastern Cape (Western half): Fine, warm, becoming partly cloudy and cooler along the coast.
  • Eastern Cape (Eastern half): Fine, warm, partly cloudy in some areas.
  • KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog, partly cloudy, with scattered showers in the north-east.

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