The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive rain for parts of KwaZulu-Natal. The warning is valid on Monday until 23:00. DISRUPTIVE RAIN EXPECTSED IN PARTS OF KZN The weather service said scattered showers and thundershowers are expected over the eastern parts of KZN on Monday. Some areas around […]

EThekwini Municipality has cautioned its residents about damaging winds expected in parts of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal today, Monday, 10 July. ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY WARNS DURBAN RESIDENTS The South African Weather Services notified of a cold front which started yesterday, Sunday, 9 July and moves over today. It is reported that it will result in damaging winds and waves. “This […]

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Saturday, 8 July 2023. SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS: A. A Yellow Level 2 Warning: Waves resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea are expected between Alexander Bay and Port Alfred, spreading to Coffee Bay by the evening. […]

Get those blankets and coffees out, winter is here! Very cold temperatures have been predicted for most parts of Gauteng. Cold, wet and windy weather with possible snowfall had been predicted for most parts of the country this weekend. COLD TEMPERATURES PREDICTED FOR GAUTENG According to regional weather forecaster Gauteng Weather, sub-polar air is expected to […]

Renowned for his business ventures and innovative ideas, Richard Branson made a name for himself as an entrepreneur, adventurer, and philanthropist. TRIP TO ZIMBABWE There has been speculation regarding why the UK billionaire had travelled to Zimbabwe, besides the fact that he used a low-cost airline to do so. Newsday reports that Branson is in […]

What do the following changes have in common? Some ant species are struggling to follow trails, as warming temperatures cause a certain pheromone they use to communicate to decay. The water fleas Daphnia are finding it harder to evade predators as CO₂ levels rise in the water. And in coral reefs, the colourful and pretty […]

The last, relatively pristine section of Western Cape coastline between the Olifants River and the Northern Cape border is threatened by two new mining-related applications.

At least four people have died as a result of the severe weather in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), the provincial department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs said in its latest update. READ: ‘NOT a tornado’: SAWS explains weather phenomenon that hit Inanda HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS LEAVE A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION IN KZN According to SABC News, […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for thunderstorms in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) on Wednesday, 28 June. Parts of the province were walloped by inclement weather on Tuesday. The warning key indicates that the thunderstorms may result in a high likelihood of minor weather-based impacts. READ: KZN floods: Emergency contact numbers you should […]

Emergency disaster management teams and personnel are on high alert as MORE heavy rains and floods are anticipated TODAY in KwaZulu-Natal. DISASTER TEAMS ARE ON HIGH ALERT IN SEVERAL FLOODED AREAS The Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs (Cogta) department in KwaZulu-Natal has cautioned residents living in the districts of Ugu, Zululand, King Cetshwayo, Umkhanyakude, and eThekwini metro to […]

Shorts and slops or an umbrella? Here’s what the weather holds for every province in South Africa on Wednesday, 28 June 2023. SEVERE WEATHER ALERTS IMPACT-BASED WARNINGS: 1. Yellow level 2 warning: Damaging Wind and Waves, resulting in difficulty in navigation at sea are expected between Saldanha Bay and Cape St. Francis. 2. Yellow level 2 […]

Families that illegally occupied land in Driftsands, Cape Town, to form Covid informal settlement have been living for three years without basic services such as tap water, sanitation or electricity. Worse still, the settlement has been flooded, knee-deep, in some places chest-deep, for two weeks now because of the heavy rainfall in the Cape. Covid […]

SNOW of more than 10cm is expected in these parts of South Africa this week. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY MORNING According to VoxWeather forecaster Annette Botha, light snow is expected on Tuesday over the Western Cape Mountains, which includes the Matroosberg and Cederberg Mountains. Botha said a mid-winter cut-off low would bring widespread showers, a […]

The City of Cape Town has announced that Bingo is the name of the metro’s new anti-littering mascot following a process to get name suggestions and feedback from residents. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has thanked the city for all the feedback and enthusiasm in helping name the City’s new anti-littering mascot! We can reveal that […]

Solar-powered lights fixed onto the outside of shacks in informal settlements may be a better option than high-mast lights, a project in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, has shown. As part of their PhD project, Yael Borofsky and Stephanie Briers from ETH Zurich University in Switzerland collaborated with the leadership and residents of PJS informal settlement, the […]

The Democratic Alliance in Mpumalanga has welcomed the hefty R70million fine handed to the Lekwa Municipality by the Standerton Magistrates Court for contravening environmental legislature. ALSO READ: Cape Town dam levels: Water streams into dams as capacity nears The municipality was found guilty on seven counts relating to: failure to comply with conditions stipulated in the waste […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for wind and waves in the Western Cape on Friday, 23 June. The weather warning key indicates there is a high likelihood of minor weather-based impacts. READ: Search for missing Kagiso Lesufi, 6, who vanished while playing with friends WESTERN CAPE WEATHER WARNING The weather […]

Ethiopia is preparing to launch the fourth filling of its mega-dam reservoir on the Blue Nile, the country’s deputy prime minister announced Thursday 22nd June, 2023, despite opposition from its downstream neighbour Egypt. The massive $4.2 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been at the centre of a regional dispute ever since Ethiopia broke […]

Beijing logged its hottest June day since records began on Thursday, the national weather service said, as swathes of northern China sweltered in 40-degree heat. ALSO READ | When is the next public holiday in South Africa? Scientists say rising global temperatures – caused largely by burning fossil fuels – are aggravating extreme weather worldwide, and many countries in Asia have experienced […]

The official dam level stats in the Western Cape have skyrocketed in recent weeks following heavy rainfall and now show that five of the six dams are currently at, or exceeding, capacity. IT’S BACK! | Hellmann’s mayonnaise returns to shelves in South Africa The six major dams in the province – the Berg River, Steenbras Lower, Steenberg Upper, Theewaterskloof, Voëlvlei […]

The amount of rain in Cape Town over the past few weeks is dramatically captured by the graph below published by the municipality, which shows the volume of the city’s major dams every week since 2018. Note what has happened in the last three weeks as represented by the dotted navy blue line. While rain […]

Professor Debra Roberts, the Durban-based climate researcher who is running for the position of chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says that you no longer need to beat the climate drum; the impact of climate change is already here. Roberts will become the first woman from Africa to chair the IPCC, if […]

The citizens of Hammanskraal, a small town north of South Africa’s capital, Tshwane, have been dealing with the deaths of 23 residents from cholera since 23 May 2023. Tests to find the source are continuing. The initial assumption by residents and authorities was that poor quality water led to the outbreak. In one week in […]

Learners living in Vygieskraal informal settlement in Belgravia, Cape Town, missed examinations on Wednesday because of widespread flooding this week. School clothes and books were sopping wet, some no longer usable. The widespread flooding has affected informal settlements including Philippi, Strand, Gugulethu, Mfuleni, Masiphumelele, and Khayelitsha. According to Gift of the Givers, the number of people in […]

Citrusdal residents have been isolated in their town since Wednesday evening after heavy flooding cut off access to the Cederberg town. Some residents are stranded outside with no way to return to their homes. The main access road off the N7 highway, the R393, collapsed on Wednesday evening during heavy downpours. The rapid flowing Olifants […]