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Media Releases

Media Release Date Published
  Media statement: Address during a South African Weather Service media briefing hosted by the National Press Club at Court Classique Hotel in Pretoria on Thursday, 18 December 2025 18 December 2025
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSE HAVOC: 30 NOVEMBER 2025 1 December 2025
  Tornado: Heilbron, Free State on 24 November 2025 25 November 2025
  Severe weather expected over the central and eastern South Africa this coming weekend 13 November 2025
  Parts of South Africa experience one of the wettest Octobers in recent years 12 November 2025
  The South African Weather Service addresses unfounded allegations of corruption and governance failure 28 October 2025
  Update on the Observed Tornado: 9 October 2025: Germiston (Rand Airport Area) 10 October 2025
  Summer season is likely to bring more rainfall 1 October 2025
  Weather Expected over the Eastern Cape 25 – 27 June 2025 25 June 2025
  Another intense cold front is expected to hit the Namakwa District of the Northern Cape and the Western Cape from Wednesday to Friday, 25 to 27 June 2025 23 June 2025
  A spell of extreme winter weather starting this weekend, with snowfalls over many provinces 5 June 2025
  Expected heavy rain: A threat to motorists and the public during the end of the festive season 3 January 2025
  SAWS ICT systems suffer suspected criminal cyber-attack 27 January 2025
  Meteorological services uninterrupted despite hacking incident 30 January 2025
  Return of heavy showers across parts of South Africa – a case of this Sunday through Thursday (16th to 20th February 2025) 16 February 2025
  SAWS aviation website back online following last month’s cyberattack 23 February 2025
  SAWS recovers forecast generating system 27 February 2025
  Cold fronts set to disrupt the current calm weather 16 May 2025
  Hoax weather message about the Aphelion Phenomenon 3 May 2025
  Cut-Off Low expected to bring heavy rain and cold conditions for much of the country this week 22 April 2025
  Easter weekend weather 16 April 2025