"We have been feeling cold temperatures over the past couple of days, but it is because August is still technically a winter month, so we are technically still in winter. Temperatures will transition slowly into warmer and hotter temperatures as we move towards the end of August, but at the moment, there will be some cold temperatures coming in every now and again.

“Late on Thursday, there is a cold front approaching the Gauteng province and it will cause cold temperatures on Friday," says Mahlangu.

Very cold, wet and windy conditions are expected over the interior of the Western Cape the western and southern parts of the Northern Cape, as well as the western parts of the Free State on Thursday until Friday but the eastern parts of the Free State on Saturday. Such conditions are problematic to small stock farmers, particularly in sheering of goats sheep and goats.

Mahlangu says Gauteng is expected to experience above-normal rainfall from August to December.

"In terms of the seasonal forecast, we can expect above normal rainfall for Gauteng for the next couple of months, from August until December, and it is indicating above normal rainfall for Gauteng and the surrounding provinces and that is simply because we are still in the La Nina season.

“However, for the Western Cape and Namaqua District in the Northern Cape, it seems like they are going to experience below-normal rainfall. It is going to be relatively dry for them this season."

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