{"id":41797,"date":"2026-08-07T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41797"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:56:27","slug":"extreme-weather-conditions-expected-over-the-long-weekend-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/extreme-weather-conditions-expected-over-the-long-weekend-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme weather conditions expected over the long weekend In SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned of an extreme cold front expected to reach parts of the country this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The system is forecast to bring heavy rain, strong winds, bitterly cold temperatures and snowfall over parts of the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have urged residents to prepare for hazardous travel conditions and possible disruptions over the long weekend.<\/p>\n<p>SAWS Forecaster, Kagisho Nakedi says, \u201cWe are looking at the cold front currently approaching. The front is expected to make landfall on Saturday in the afternoon. It is going to bring isolated showers and rain along the South Coast. That includes places like Cape Town and George.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014SABC\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37565,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-41797","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Authorities have urged residents to prepare for hazardous travel conditions and possible disruptions over the long weekend.","published_date":"","news_description":"Authorities have urged residents to prepare for hazardous travel conditions and possible disruptions over the long weekend.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41798,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/41797\/revisions\/41798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=41797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}