By Staff Reporter
POLOKWANE-A powerful Cut-Off Low (COL) system is set to bring extreme winter weather across South Africa from Saturday, 7 June 2025, through mid-next week.
The South African Weather Service warns of snowfall in nearly all provinces except Limpopo, strong winds, heavy rain, and bitter cold conditions.
Consequently, farmers of small stock are strongly advised to implement appropriate measures to prevent stock losses due to exposure to bitter cold and wind.
Key impacts include snowfall over mountain passes like Van Reenen’s, strong interior winds raising wildfire risks, coastal gale-force winds and rough seas, as well as possible flooding in parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
For the thousands of runners participating in the Comrades 2025 ultramarathon on Sunday, 8 June 2025 from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, the South African Weather Service expects predominantly mild to warm and windy conditions, with partly cloudy to cloudy skies.
However, runners should be aware of a cool change in the weather, later in the day, when a coastal low and cold front are expected to move northwards up the KwaZulu-Natal coast, introducing colder, more moist conditions to the coast and adjacent interior. Moreover, there will be a risk of showers or thunderstorms developing over the Drakensberg, spreading to the coast in the evening.
Daytime temperatures may drop below 10°C in most areas, with severe thunderstorms expected in North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal on Monday and Tuesday.
Comrades Marathon runners should expect windy but mild conditions in the morning, with colder, wetter weather moving in later on Sunday.
SAWS will issue ongoing updates and urges the public to monitor official channels for the latest alerts.
