News24 | Friday’s weather: Cloudy and cold across SA, with disruptive snow in Eastern Cape

Yellow level 4 warning: Wind and waves leading to difficulty in navigation at sea, as well as small vessels taking on water, are expected between Plettenberg Bay and KuGompo (East London).

Yellow level 4 warning: Damaging waves Validity period: 04-05 June 2026Affected area: Eastern Cape#saws #weatheroutlook #southafricanweather pic.twitter.com/pqmCWueam7

In the SAWS’s colour-coded weather warning system, yellow indicates a moderate risk of impact that requires caution and awareness, while orange indicates that a higher-risk impact is expected, requiring increased attention and preparation.

The SAWS uses the numbers to indicate the likelihood of weather-based impacts occurring. Levels 2 and 6 are high, level 5 is medium, and levels 4 and 8 are low.

Very cold conditions are expected over the southern Namakwa district in the Northern Cape, as well as in places over the Eastern Cape interior.

Gauteng: Cloudy in the south, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to cold.

Mpumalanga: Partly cloudy and cool to cold, but warm over the Lowveld, with isolated morning showers over the central parts.

Limpopo: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers in the morning over the south-central parts, becoming fine in the north from the afternoon.

Free State: Morning fog patches in places, otherwise cloudy and cold to very cold with isolated showers and thundershowers. It will be windy in the extreme east.

Northern Cape: Morning fog in places, otherwise partly cloudy and cold to very cold, but cloudy in the east with isolated showers and thundershowers in the south-east. It will be fine in the extreme west.

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

Weather advisory: Very cold conditions are expected over the Western Cape & the Northern Cape. Validity period: 05 June 2026#saws #weatheroutlook #southafricanweather pic.twitter.com/wEfLlelAcO

Western Cape: Fine in the west, where it will be cool, otherwise partly cloudy and cold, but cloudy along the south coast and adjacent interior with isolated morning showers and rain.

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

Western half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold to very cold with isolated showers of rain becoming partly cloudy over the interior by afternoon. The wind along the coast will be fresh westerly to south-westerly.

Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Cloudy and cold to very cold with scattered showers of rain, with snowfall expected over the high-lying areas. The wind along the coast will be fresh