Severe thunderstorm warning for 5 provinces

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued weather warnings for severe thunderstorms in KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Mpumalanga, and parts of Western Cape and Eastern Cape from Sunday afternoon.

Heavy downpours, combined with strong winds, are expected to persist into Monday, with snow predicted for some parts of the country.

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This comes as a cold front moves in from the Western Cape and into various provinces, with temperatures expected to plummet in the coming days.

"We can expect some damaging winds and heavy downpours that may lead to localised flooding," said SAWS forecaster Lehlohonolo Thobela.

"Disruptive rain is also expected over the south-western parts of the Western Cape province for today [Sunday]. We have damaging winds and waves that are expected over the southwest coast into the east coast, just over Cape Columbine and into East London."