Most of the Part of the country experience the drastical weather changes since the weekend with high cold weather.
Provinces such as KwaZulu-Natal and part of Eastern Cape have endured the coldness after the drop of snow along side National Road[N3].
Meanwhile Gauteng Province alone also experienced the coldness and while other parts of the Province experienced the rainfall.
Earlier on today City of Ekurhuleni managed to form collision with Gauteng Department of Environment and National Department of Fisheries to share awareness regarding the unexpected weather changes.
During the speech, residents are urged to know how to adjust and also encouraged to always look out for floods and heatwave amongst the burning issues the province might encounter.
Gauteng last faced significant combined severe storm/flood and heatwave crises separately in late 2025 and late 2024.
Heavy rains and severe flash floods in November 2025 claimed at least 2 lives, while consecutive multi-day heatwaves during the late spring/summer seasons (such as November–December 2024) brought record-breaking temperatures into the mid-to-high 30s with heatstroke warnings, though no official mass heatwave mortality count was tallied.
Here are stats of flood across Gauteng last year:
November 2025: Severe storms and flash floods battered Gauteng, resulting in 2 deaths, widespread infrastructure damage, and fallen trees.
January–February 2025: Heavy seasonal downpours and waterlogged soil conditions led to intensive disaster recovery operations across the province, contributing to a broader summer death toll of 17 to 28 lives lost via drowning and vehicle submersions in swollen rivers and low-water bridges across affected municipalities.
Meanwhile the stats of heatwave are as follows:
Late 2024 (November–December): Gauteng experienced prolonged, atypical heatwave conditions with temperatures surpassing 35°C–38°C in parts of Pretoria and Johannesburg.
BY LUCKY SEANEGO
