The Weather Podcast: Episode 13 - Veld Fires (Simulcast)

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) on the evening of Monday 29 June 2026 took its safety of life and property message to vulnerable communities in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces. The winter season is known to bring much weather-related devastation to communities in the two provinces. A special…

In this episode we shift our focus to early warnings and practical strategies for using this information to stay safe.

In this exciting episode, we turn our focus on ‘’Gauteng’s double threat: Veld Fires and Thunderstorms”

Residents of the Eastern and Western Cape are on tenterhooks this week following the South African Weather Service's dissemination of two Orange Level 8 warnings for disruptive rain in parts of the two provinces. Warnings of lower levels have also been issued for other provinces. This follows the onset of…

👂📻 | In this latest episode of The Weather Podcast, we take time off the serious stuff and hang out with Njabulo Mchunu, a Scientist within the South African Weather Service’s (SAWS’) Research and Development department. Mchunu is also a recording musician with several studio albums under this belt, a…